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  • President Abbas this past weekend.(Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images)
    President Abbas this past weekend.(Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images)
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    September Dawns, the General Assembly Nears

    Will the P.A. go through with its statehood bid?

    byMarc Tracy
  • Saudi King Abdullah in April.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Saudi King Abdullah in April.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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    Saudi Arabia Is Coming For Assad

    Which is something Israel should probably welcome

    byMarc Tracy
  • The mother of Jawaher Abu Rahmah, who allegedly died from inhaling tear gas, flashes a V-sign during her daughter's funeral, in the photo that accompanied a credulous New York Times report.(European Pressphoto Agency)
    The mother of Jawaher Abu Rahmah, who allegedly died from inhaling tear gas, flashes a V-sign during her daughter's funeral, in the photo that accompanied a credulous New York Times report.(European Pressphoto Agency)
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    Assisted Suicide

    When the Western press gives credence to anti-Israel propaganda, as it did in recent reports about a Palestinian woman killed by Israeli tear gas, it’s Arabs who are hurt most

    byLee Smith
  • Clockwise from top left: King Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin, 1994; King Abdullah and Ariel Sharon, 2005; Benjamin Netanyahu and King Abdullah, 2010; King Abdullah and Ehud Barak.(Clockwise from top left: Sven Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images; Yusef Allan/Jordanian Royal Court/Getty Images; Israel GPO/AFP/Getty Images; Brian Hendler/Getty Images)
    Clockwise from top left: King Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin, 1994; King Abdullah and Ariel Sharon, 2005; Benjamin Netanyahu and King Abdullah, 2010; King Abdullah and Ehud Barak.(Clockwise from top left: Sven Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images; Yusef Allan/Jordanian Royal Court/Getty Images; Israel GPO/AFP/Getty Images; Brian Hendler/Getty Images)
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    Falling Out

    Israel and Jordan once worked together for peace. Now their alliance is collapsing, driven apart by the issue of refugee resettlement, and Jordan may be turning to Iran.

    byAsher Susser
  • Saudi King Abdullah.(Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)
    Saudi King Abdullah.(Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Cut Off the Head of the Snake!

    The Saudi king’s awesome phrase for Iran

    byMarc Tracy
  • Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia.(Wikimedia Commons)
    Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia.(Wikimedia Commons)
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    Linked In

    Why do Arab governments—and the U.S.—insist the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is at the heart of all the Mideast’s problems?

    byLee Smith
  • Saudi King Abdullah and President Barack Obama in Riyadh on June 3, 2009.(Mido Ahmed/AFP/Getty Images)
    Saudi King Abdullah and President Barack Obama in Riyadh on June 3, 2009.(Mido Ahmed/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Cold Desert Nights

    Is the Obama administration putting the U.S.-Saudi relationship on ice?

    byLee Smith
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    J Street Conference Ends

    Cheers for Frank, Kovner, Abdullah; then go off to lobby

    byAllison Hoffman
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