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The level of unqualified US support for Israel is neither based on shared strategic interests nor compelling moral imperatives but almost entirely due to domestic American politics and especially the Israel Lobby
Thrice-bitten Nawaz Sharif does not appear to be shying away from going down that road, which has repeatedly prevented democracy from taking root, underlining the shortsightedness of Pakistan's politicians for whom power has remained the only end
What makes The Other Side of the Divide an impressive read is that it combines a literary extraction of experience with years of reading to produce a nonfiction work that has elements of travel, history, conversation, and journalistic observation
Irgun and Stern Gang orchestrated the Deir Yassin massacre in 1948 to drive out Palestinians of what became Israel and created a new generation of fighters who turned to some of the methods including bombings and anarchist strategy that Zionists used for Israel's creation
Made in Heaven Season 2 seemingly attempts to expose unsavoury customs but ends up promoting stereotypes that have been weaponised against a beleaguered community despite data to the contrary
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan overcame decades-old domination of secularists, who saw themselves as the guardians of the secular Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded and shaped through sweeping top-down Westernization and suppression of religious citizens
Speaking about the Palestinian right to resist against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas War, former Saudi intelligence chief Turki al-Faisal said he would prefer civil insurrection and disobedience that brought down the British Empire in India
Highly religious Americans tended to be much more sympathetic toward Israel, which is seen as a fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies, entitling it to divine privileges other nations may not claim
Jewish communities in the Gulf states have been emerging from the shadow of the Arab-Israeli conflict and adopting a more public profile including through open celebration of their holidays' thanks to the Abraham Accords
Israel recognized Mujama Al-Islamiya, a precursor to Hamas, by registering it as a charity and allowed it to set up a university, and build mosques, clubs, and schools as it sought to counter the secular nationalist Palestine Liberation Organization
