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Obama's policies seen as 'childish' by some Israelis

November 14, 2009

By Ira Sharkansky Consider the United States, with President Barack Obama trying mightily to break the bonds of lethargy identified with his predecessor. An article in the New York Times describes his handicaps in Afghanistan. President Karzai is not cooperating with American goals of development and reform. Evidence is that Karzai stole the most […]

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Nidal Hasan and American multiculturalism

November 11, 2009

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The Fort Hood killings will reverberate. At the lower end of the military, Muslims will find their property trashed, and hear themselves called camel jockeys and rag heads. The stories differ only in detail from those told over the years by Jews, Catholics, African Americans, and Hispanics. Soldiers the world over

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Who killed the Mideast peace process?

November 10, 2009

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Thomas Friedman has written one of his better articles. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/opinion/08friedman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion As a retired professor still inclined to give grades to everything I hear or read, I’d say about 92, or A-. The major theme is quite good. Friedman recognizes that there is no gas left in the peace process. It

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Keeping the Ft. Hood massacre in perspective

November 8, 2009

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM—Allahu Akbar, Praise the Lord, and Hear O Israel elicit the best of sentiments, and something else. A youtube segment from CNN shows radical Muslims, native born Americans, including one who converted from Judaism, who praise Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, call for Osama bin Laden to continue his holy war, and urge

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Obama's policies seen as 'childish' by some Israelis

Nidal Hasan and American multiculturalism

Who killed the Mideast peace process?

Keeping the Ft. Hood massacre in perspective

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