Ali Gharib
By Ali Gharib
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Opinion Why Bludgeoning Bernie Sanders on Israel Won’t Help Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton was dealt a hard blow when Bernie Sanders won by a landslide in New Hampshire, causing some to speculate that the Clinton team might be looking for ways to hit the Vermont socialist and stymie his momentum. Nathan Guttman outlined one potential line of attack for the Clinton camp: assailing Sanders for not…
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Opinion Does Hillary Clinton Have a Haim Saban Problem?
Haim Saban, one of Hillary Clinton’s top donors, may be aligned with the Democratic Party. But when it comes to Mideast politics, he’s far from a progressive. That doesn’t set the billionaire Israeli-American entertainment magnate apart from many other Democrats — see, for example, Sen. Chuck Schumer — who are Israel and Mideast hawks, but…
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Opinion The Great Hypocrisy Behind Sheldon Adelson’s Anti-BDS Summit
Supporters of Israel oppose the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel (BDS) on the basis that many of the movement’s adherents support the one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — in other words, they call for a single, democratic state in the land now under Israel’s control, which would mean the end of…
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Opinion Israel’s Bid For Visa Waiver Falls Short
Getty Images Israel is making another push to join the U.S. visa waiver program, which would allow Israelis to enter the U.S. for 90 days without a visa. Last year, another effort to enlist Israel in the program stalled amid criticisms of Israel’s discrimination against Americans of Arab and Muslim origins at its border. In…
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Opinion No, Brandeis Isn’t ‘Silencing’ Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Anti-Islam activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali / Getty Images To begin with, let’s clear up a few details of the flap over Brandeis University’s decision to revoke an invitation for Ayaan Hirsi Ali to receive an honorary degree and address the graduating class: Hirsi Ali is emphatically not being “silenced,” as she and her defenders claim….
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