Middle East Tensions: Is U.S. support for Israel the main obstacle to peace in the Middle East?

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Hussein Ibish, senior fellow, American Task Force on Palestine, and David Elcott, executive director, Israel Policy Forum, have given their views on the US support for Israel. Ibish believes that the American approach to Israel and Palestine is fundamentally flawed, whereas Elcott believes that those who argue pro-Israel lobby has forced American governments to support policies detrimental to the interests or to the forces of peace are wrong.

Middle East, International aspects, Israeli foreign relations, United States foreign relations, Pacific settlement of international disputes, Peace negotiations, Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes

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Felon disenfranchisement varies by state

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Seven states in the United States have permanently denied the felons the right to vote. Many states have narrowed the list of relevant crimes or eliminated lifetime felon-disenfranchisement law by allowing ex-felons to petition the state for restoration of voting rights after some years of good behavior.

Suffrage, Voting rights, Civil rights, Felonies

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Pretoria Calling

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The Palestinians should look to South Africa's struggle against aparthaid as a model for how to achieve stability.

South Africa, International politics, Palestine, Editorial, International relations, National liberation movements, Palestinian Territories, Palestine (Historical region), Abbas, Mahmoud

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