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    9 questions about the UN vote on Israeli settlements you were too embarrassed to ask
    Dec28

    9 questions about the UN vote on Israeli settlements you were too embarrassed to ask

    Wednesday, December 28 , 2016 - 22:32 (EEST) Section: Vox (USA)

    A controversial new United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory has triggered a brutal and messy diplomatic fight between President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and now President-elect Donald Trump. The war of words got even nastier Wednesday, when Secretary of State John...

    Dershowitz: ‘Money Counts At the UN,’ U.S. Should Threaten To Defund UN Over Anti-Israel Bias
    Dec28

    Dershowitz: ‘Money Counts At the UN,’ U.S. Should Threaten To Defund UN Over Anti-Israel Bias

    Wednesday, December 28 , 2016 - 22:32 (EEST) Section: Breitbart (USA)

    Wednesday on AM 970’s “The Joe Piscopo Show,” while discussing the recent United Nations security resolution criticizing Israel settlements, lawyer, author and emeritus law professor at Harvard University Alan Dershowitz said the United States needs to “threaten to defund the United Nations.” Dershowitz said, “There is an automatic anti...

    NBC’s Neely: Kerry Speech ‘Firing a Flare’ ‘Across Israel’ He Wanted To Give It ‘For Some Time’ But WH Blocked It
    Dec28

    NBC’s Neely: Kerry Speech ‘Firing a Flare’ ‘Across Israel’ He Wanted To Give It ‘For Some Time’ But WH Blocked It

    Wednesday, December 28 , 2016 - 22:32 (EEST) Section: Breitbart (USA)

    On Wednesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” NBC News Chief Global Correspondent Bill Neely characterized Secretary of State John Kerry’s earlier speech asa speech Kerry has wanted to give “for some time, but was more less blocked by the White House,” and “a warning, firing a flare, if you like, across Israel, to try to show Israelis...

    2016, in 5 minutes
    Dec28

    2016, in 5 minutes

    Wednesday, December 28 , 2016 - 22:17 (EEST) Section: Vox (USA)

    Many will rejoice as this challenging year comes to a close, but the events that took place in 2016 will have consequences that reverberate far into 2017 and beyond. It was a year with political turmoil and terrorism dominating headlines across the globe. In the US, a bitter election revealed the country’s widening cultural divide. And we...

    Moscow Is Blaming Ambassador’s Killing on ‘Anti-Russian Propaganda’
    Dec28

    Moscow Is Blaming Ambassador’s Killing on ‘Anti-Russian Propaganda’

    Wednesday, December 28 , 2016 - 21:17 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has blamed those propagating “anti-Russian propaganda” for the killing of their ambassador to Turkey, who was shot dead on December 19. Andrey Karlov was killed by an off-duty Turkish policeman during a gallery exhibition, who shouted “ “I am on the path of Syria, I am on the path of Aleppo,” ” as he...

    Russia Can Expect Sanctions After Cyber Attacks, Says Sen. Lindsey Graham
    Dec28

    Russia Can Expect Sanctions After Cyber Attacks, Says Sen. Lindsey Graham

    Wednesday, December 28 , 2016 - 21:17 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Russia and its president Vladimir Putin should expect tough sanctions after cyber attacks during the presidential election won by Donald Trump, U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Republican and Democratic senators including Graham called for a bipartisan panel to investigate cyber attacks against the...

    Russia’s Biggest Bank Hails Donald Trump as ‘President of Change’
    Dec28

    Russia’s Biggest Bank Hails Donald Trump as ‘President of Change’

    Wednesday, December 28 , 2016 - 20:47 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    The head of Russia’s biggest bank, Herman Gref, has hailed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as the leader of “change,” suggesting he has hopes of a change in the sanctions on Russian state officials and enterprises. State lender Sberbank has been on the sanctions list since 2014, after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine and began...

    US Retreat from Syria
    Dec28

    US Retreat from Syria

    Wednesday, December 28 , 2016 - 20:47 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Russia and Turkey are systematically excluding the United States from events in Syria. The US must either demand a seat at the table, shaping negotiations, or cede diplomacy to Russia and Turkey, knowing they will act in their narrow national interests to the detriment of Syrians. Collusion between Russia and Turkey has been underway since August...

    Focus on Institutions, Not Personalities
    Dec28

    Focus on Institutions, Not Personalities

    Wednesday, December 28 , 2016 - 20:17 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    The year 2016 may be remembered as marking the beginning of the end of the postwar international liberal order.The global rise of nationalism has in many cases coincided with the decline of social and economic openness, ascendant since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Across the world, voters are embracing leaders and policies opposed to freer trade...

    McCain and Graham: U.S. needs to hit Russia hard for election hacking
    Dec28

    McCain and Graham: U.S. needs to hit Russia hard for election hacking

    Wednesday, December 28 , 2016 - 19:47 (EEST) Section: POLITICO - U.S. Edition (USA)

    Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham called Wednesday for Congress to take a tougher stance against Russia for meddling in the U.S. presidential election. In an interview on Fox News from Latvia, where he and Graham were touring the Baltic states, McCain said legislators should “increase the sanctions on Russia for this misbehavior”...