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Banned from Lebanon for Israel ties, artist sings Arabic cover of Eden Golan’s ‘Hurricane’
Carine Bassili, devout Christian living in US, hopes her music will build bridges between her people and Israelis: ‘You cannot…
Bolsheviks, Khomeinists and Now Bibi: How Israelis Can Stop Netanyahu’s Messianic Dictatorship
The Netanyahu government is intent on obtaining unlimited power to institute a radical revolution in Israel. Only the Supreme Court…
Lokman Slim’s culture war with Hezbollah should not be forgotten after assassination
On February 4, Lokman Slim, a writer, publisher, political analyst, filmmaker, and NGO director was assassinated in south Lebanon, with…
Why We Are a Republic, Not a Democracy
Hillary Clinton blamed the Electoral College for her stunning defeat in the 2016 presidential election in her latest memoirs, “What…
Turkey in the Middle Eastern ‘swamp’
(First published on METransparent on Jul 2, 2015) (An Ottoman heliograph section in the Charge at Huj in…
How Israel Can Solve Its Gaza Problem
(Damage in Holon where three were injured by a rocket attack from Gaza. Winning decisively for Israel requires disarming Hamas…