Joel Rubin
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WASHINGTON — While American foreign policy seems to be playing a minor role in the lead-up to the midterm Congressional elections, don’t be misled by its absence. The key foreign policy issues of t...
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WASHINGTON — There is a direct link between the controversy against the construction of the Cordoba House Islamic community center, recently renamed Park51, in New York and the recent uptick in com...
18 months ago | 0 | 12 |
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A new right-wing neoconservative attack group on Israel policy has been formed by the same ideologues that brought you the war in Iraq. This group — the Emergency Committee for Israel — has decide...
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WASHINGTON — Israel’s relationship with Turkey, its most important Muslim ally, is in tatters. Its relationship with America, its patron, is under strain. It’s also under assault in the court of i...
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WASHINGTON — It goes without saying that Israel should be prepared to defend herself against all external military threats. She is a country that understands the neighborhood in which she lives, h...
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This has been quite a period in the political echo chamber on Middle East peacemaking. First, in a piece entitled “ The False Religion of Mideast Peace ,” former American peace negotiator Aaron Da...
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WASHINGTON — When President Obama and his foreign policy advisors took office last year, one of the most pressing items on the agenda was the challenge coming from Iran. That country, which had bee...
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The U.S. has more than 200,000 troops engaged in conflicts across the Middle East and Southwest Asia, has grave concerns about the spread of weapons of mass destruction there, depends heavily on oi...
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WASHINGTON — During my recent week-long trip to Israel, I visited family and attended the Herzliya conference, which is Israel’s premier security conference. During the trip, one of my hip, 30-some...
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WASHINGTON — It’s a new year. Fears of domestic terrorism are everywhere, heightened by anxieties caused by a misfired December airline terrorist attack. The United States is mired in a war in Afgh...
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WASHINGTON — With much fanfare, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unilaterally declared that Israel will temporarily freeze settlement construction in the West Bank, but notably, not in...
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WASHINGTON — The Middle East peace process is at an impasse. Unfortunately, the forces of the status quo in the Jewish community are moving assiduously to place the blame for this at the feet of th...
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WASHINGTON — Last November, Americans voted overwhelmingly for change. We elected a man who represented that change, both in his personal story and his political outlook. Less than one year since t...
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This was a very difficult piece for me to write. My family has a long history of involvement with the Zionist Organization of America. My great-grandfather’s name adorned the front of the building ...
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WASHINGTON — Writing a political column for The Chronicle is a great honor. As a progressive foreign policy professional brought up in Pittsburgh in a strongly Zionist family, The Chronicle always ...