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    My Mother’s Secret

    My mother was a top Middle East analyst for the CIA. On her deathbed, she begged me not to raise my children Jewish. To find out why, I asked her former colleagues. I’m still reeling from their answers.

    byJustine el-Khazen
  • Israel & The Middle East section icon
    The Sentimental Antisemite

    The CIA’s case for Palestinian statehood was based on analysis. Then the analysts turned out to be wrong.

    byLee Smith
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    Johnny F-Bomb

    In his new memoir, ‘Undaunted,’ former CIA Director John Brennan offers a self-portrait of a blustering desk jockey with severe anger-management issues

    byPeter Theroux
  • CIA Director John Brennan.(Getty)
    CIA Director John Brennan.(Getty)
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    Sundown: Senator Carl Levin to Call It Quits

    Plus the State Department postpones honor for Egyptian anti-Semite

    byAdam Chandler
  • Administration counterterrorism adviser John Brennan last Friday.(Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images)
    Administration counterterrorism adviser John Brennan last Friday.(Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Al Qaeda’s Special Animus

    Why Jews remain important players in a global struggle

    byMarc Tracy
  • (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
    (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Monsters Breeding

    The foiled Yemeni bomb plot shows why anti-Semitism isn’t only about Jews

    byLee Smith
  • A rally honoring Hamas “martyrs” in the southern Gaza Strip last month.(Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images)
    A rally honoring Hamas “martyrs” in the southern Gaza Strip last month.(Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israel & The Middle East section icon
    Talking to Terrorists

    In a new book, Mark Perry argues that groups like Hamas will behave rationally if the U.S. engages with them. He’s wrong.

    byLee Smith
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