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James M. Wall is currently a Contributing Editor of The Christian Century magazine, based in Chicago, Illinois. From 1972 through 1999, he was editor and publisher of the Christian Century magazine. He has made more than 20 trips to that region as a journalist, during which he covered such events as Anwar Sadat’s 1977 trip to Jerusalem, and the 2006 Palestinian legislative election. He has interviewed, and written about, journalists, religious leaders, political leaders and private citizens in the region. Jim served for two years on active duty in the US Air Force, and three additional years in the USAF (inactive) reserve. His website: Wall Writings
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Ten Years After US Invades Iraq, Israel Eager to Take the US Into Round Two
When empires recognize they are losing too much in battles they win, it is past time to stand down.
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Kerry Forgot Rule Number One: Never Question the Sacred Israeli Narrative
Turkey broke diplomatic relations with Israel following the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident in which nine peace activists, including one Turkish-American citizen, were killed when Israeli soldiers attacked the Turkish ship attempting to reach Gaza
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Confronting the “Moral Bankruptcy” of Iraq War’s Liberal Supporters
While Edward Said, unfortunately, is no longer with us, Chris Hedges continues his fight against the “might makes right” ideology that led to the Iraq War
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Obama: “Look at the world through Palestinian eyes”
In words that must have shook Netanyahu, Obama referred to “the moral force of nonviolence” to resist the occupation
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Khalidi to Obama: Time For a New Course
Khalidi begins his Times column with a question: What should Barack Obama . . . do about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Will Congress Fund Iron Dome Over Head Start?
Is the US Congress so beholden to AIPAC and so insensitive to the impact on programs like Head Start for children, that it will give Israel’s self-designated “defensive needs” priority over US domestic needs
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Hagel Confirmed Despite Petulant Senators
The morning after the Senate approved his confirmation, Hagel went to his Arlington, Virginia, headquarters, where he was greeted by USMC Lt. General Thomas Waldhauser, who will serve as Hagel’s Senior Private Military Assistant
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Right Wing Media Pushes “Friends of Hamas” Rumor
The obvious fakery of the charges leveled against Hagel exposes the pettiness of Hagel’s opponents, both in the right wing media and in the increasingly hard-right leadership of the Republican party
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Republicans Block Hagel for Ten More Days
Sometimes, winning leads to a much larger defeat. This could be one of those times
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CUFI and the Ugly Face of Hagel’s Opposition
In spite of these highly personal attacks, Hagel remained cool, maintaining his composure to such a degree that, if you are pulling for him, he succeeded in making his attackers look both nasty and
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Are Liberal American Zionists “Delusional”?
Are Liberal Zionists trapped in a delusion that leads them to protect their “Zionist identity” instead of seeking the justice which Zionism, as a political entity, has conspired to deny Palestinians?
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Election Could Push Israel Further To The Right
The leader of Bayit Yehudi is a 40-year-old charismatic newcomer to Israeli politics, Naftali Bennett (shown right), who has emerged as the hottest new personality on the Israeli political scene
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Take It to the Bank, Hagel Will Win
In spite of the attacks the Lobby began against Hagel in mid-December, it failed to block the nomination. What led to this Obama victory
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Hagel Defenders Battle Neocon Opposition
If President Obama does not want “to spend the next four years under the jackboot of the neocons”, he should listen to Tom Friedman, Andrew Sullivan, and those four former national security advisers, and
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“The fate of human dignity is in our hands”
Human dignity for the Palestinian people is in the hands of the world in 2013. Barack Obama knows that he and his nation play an essential role in delivering that dignity to the
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