Arafat’s Bait and Switch on Statehood: Resolution 181
(Washington, D.C.): Today is the day Yasser Arafat had announced that he would declare a Palestinian state. Although he chose...
Middle East
Is The Clinton Administration Really Pro-Israel — Or Merely Pro-Labor?
Indyk Employment/Defense of Joe Zogby Shows True Colors (Washington, D.C.): One of the Clinton team's most cynical deceptions has been...
Sen. Mack to Albright: More Pressure on Israel Will Not Bring a Real Peace to the Middle East
(Washington, D.C.): As Secretary of State Madeleine Albright meets today with Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon, it is predictable that...
The New ‘Giant Sucking Sound’: Clinton’s Crumbling Iraq and Russia Policies
(Washington, D.C.): It turns out there is a "giant sucking sound," after all. At the moment, it is not coming...
Honor King Hussein: Thwart Palestinian Statehood
(Washington, D.C.): Amid the funeral dirges accompanying the eulogies for Jordan's King Hussein, a seemingly inappropriate musical number keeps coming...
Breakfast of Champions: An Unrepentant Arafat Has No Place at the National Prayer Breakfast
(Washington, D.C.): If the Clinton Administration has its way, on February 4th, Yasser Arafat's presence will make a sacrilege of...
If President Clinton is Serious About ‘The American People’s Business,’ Here’s What He Should Say is the State of the Union
(Washington, D.C.): According to today's New York Times, President Clinton is expected to deliver a State of the Union address...
In the Wake of Clinton’s Policy-Meltdown On Iraq, Jim Hoagland, Abe Rosenthal Spell Out Do’s and Don’ts
(Washington, D.C.): President Clinton's four-day air campaign against Iraq was supposed to "degrade" Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. In...
Time to Face the Super-Thug Alone
Memo to the president: Forget Barzan. It is Barzani you want to enlist. And watch your back at the United...
After the Bombing: Import Controls May Be The Only Hope for ‘Radically’ Improving Sanctions Enforcement Against Iraq
(Washington, D.C.): At present, it is unclear whether President Clinton's 'dog-wagging' bombing campaign against Iraq(1) actually did "degrade" Iraq's weapon...
Clinton Legacy Watch #34: A Sovereign Palestinian State, A Weakened U.S.-Israeli Relationship, A Greater Danger of War
(Washington, D.C.): For many Americans, Bill Clinton's latest foray into Middle East diplomacy may amount to little more than a...
Clinton, Stay Home! President’s Ill-Advised Trip to Mideast Will Contribute to Conflict — Not a Durable Peace
In Commentary Magazine, Center's Feith Says Policy is Leading to War (Washington, D.C.): On the eve of President Clinton's departure...
Wye and the road to war
Excerpts from an Article in the January 1999 edition of Commentary Magazine by Douglas J. Feith ...The Wye deal imparts...
Clinton’s ‘Fanatic’ Pursuit Of Mideast ‘Peace Process’ Is Endangering Israel, U.S. Regional interests
(Washington, D.C.): Author and philosopher George Santayana once defined a fanatic as someone "who redoubles his effort upon losing sight...
Will Clinton Just Pay Lip-Service to the ‘Liberation’ Iraq — Or Will He Take Concerted Action to Achieve it?
(Washington, D.C.): Surprisingly few surprises have come out of the latest "crisis" with Iraq. Indeed, the behavior exhibited by Saddam...
Israeli Cabinet Action on Wye Accord Offers Chance to Rethink, Alter Ill-Advised U.S. Role in its Implementation
(Washington, D.C.): Approval today of the Wye agreement -- on the basis of the vote of a minority of the...