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From Ian: Obama’s Betrayal Today’s resolution brands the Jewish presence in any part of the West Bank or in parts of Jerusalem that were occupied by Jordan from 1949 to 1967 as illegal. And it makes the hundreds of thousands of Jews who live in those...

“It is going to be so easy.” Those were the words candidate Donald Trump used in October, imagining a future where he, as president, would replace the Affordable Care Act with something “great.” In reality, no presidency is easy—the office’s unique...

With just over two weeks to go before the Republican National Convention, there’s no sign that Donald Trump has made progress on unifying the party he purportedly leads. The last two weeks have shown that while Trump is able to pick up a few supporters...

Yesterday’s abstention by the United States in the Security Council will do nothing to bring about a two-state solution– the U.S. might as well have endorsed the existence of Santa Claus — but it has already served to isolate Israel in international...

The following by David J. Rusin is reposted here with permission of Middle East Forum: Islam, Muslims, and the 2012 Election by David J. Rusin Middle East Quarterly Summer 2013, pp. 21-35 (view PDF) http://www.meforum.org/3559/ islam-muslims...