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U.S. too hard on Iran, too soft on Israel
The article, "Iran talks yield little progress" (May 25), describes the hypocrisy that drives U.S. foreign policy. We demand that Iran not be able to enrich uranium, even though the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty allows it, while offering Iran nothing in...Tags: Lobbying, Iran, Hillary Clinton
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Israeli opposition to Palestinian state is unwavering
The Rev. James W. Dale suggests that "The harder way, I believe, is the way of continuing to demand that both sides must come to the table if there is ever to be a lasting peace with justice" ("Choosing to stay engaged," May 4). This in contrast to...Tags: Yitzhak Rabin, Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, University of Oxford
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Gay marriage and political expedience
Former NPR and current Fox News political analyst Juan Williamsmade an excellent point recently on "The O'Reilly Factor." Mr. Williams said the major reason President Barack Obama had not endorsed same-sex marriage is because of the strong opposition...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Robin Roberts, Jay Carney, Civil Rights
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Just as divestment helped end apartheid, it could help bring peace to Israel
As someone who was involved in the divestment movement against apartheid in South Africa, I read with interest the Rev. James W. Dale's recent commentary ("Choosing to stay engaged," May 4). I was appreciative of the author's recognition that the...Tags: Nelson Mandela, South Africa
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There's no moral equivalency between the Israeli and Palestinian 'narratives'
James W. Dale makes a welcome point in his commentary about the divestment campaign against Israel ("Choosing to stay engaged: Anti-Israel measures like divestment are not the best way to seek justice for Palestinians," May 4). It is, as he says, vital...Tags: Judaism, Gaza Crisis (2008), West Bank, Fatah, Jerusalem (Israel)
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New Hopkins hospital takes an artful approach to health care
When Johns Hopkins Hospital officially opens its new, $1.1 billion building Tuesday, sick children will find a cobalt cow with legs the color of grass and a butter-colored head floating above their heads, poised to jump over a fanciful "moon." The new...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Hobbies, Hospitals and Clinics, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Grant Wood
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The war on teror is over? Don't believe it
"The war on terror is over," or so claims an unnamed senior State Department official, as reported by National Journal's Michael Hirsh in his recent article "The Post al-Qaida Era." Really? Well, if the war is over, I must have missed the peace treaty...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Islam, Civil Rights, Religious Conflicts, Defense
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Obama has been good to Israel
In Rafael Medoff's recent op-ed ("The president and the Jews," April 24), he makes two basic contentions. One is that President Barack Obama regards Israel as a "nuisance." The second is that the purveyor of that opinion, Gary Rosenblatt, editor of the...Tags: Pikesville, Judaism, Dan Quayle, Benjamin Netanyahu, Walter Cronkite
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Obama and Netanyahu: Who's in the driver's seat?
Many people in the U.S. and Israel believe a war with Iran would be disastrous and that it would invite a full scale regional conflict in which the U.S. would bear most of the burden in money and lives ("The president and the Jews," April 25)....Tags: Iran
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Towson University hosts Israel Independence Day celebration
A crowd estimated at nearly 1,000 turned out on April 29, for Jewish Baltimore's first community-wide Israel Independence Day celebration, held at Towson University. The event, sponsored by the new Baltimore Israel Coalition, a consortium of 23 local...
Tags: Judaism, West Village, Pikesville, Colleges and Universities
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Foreign investment projects from emerging markets advance in April
Businesses in China and India, the emerging markets that Gov. Martin O'Malley has been trawling for trade relationships, are beginning to bite.
This month, the governor announced the opening of a Chinese bank in Baltimore and conducted a forum for Indian...Tags: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Regional Authority, Pharmaceuticals, Wells Fargo & Co., Executive Branch
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The case against divesting from Israel
The "divestment from companies working In Israel" bandwagon is rolling again in several Protestant denominations, among them my own, the Presbyterian Church (USA). In one way, that's a good thing. It does ask us to pay attention to Israel and the West...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Judaism, Islam, West Bank, Palestine
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