In a bid to show the world what responsible, considered citizens they are, Iran’s leaders last week hosted their annual, gloriously named, “Tehran Security Conference.”
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By Ben Cohen
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1/19/18
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For the first time in nearly a decade, one dares to believe that the Islamist clerics who have ruled Iran since 1979 will not be in power by the time the 40th anniversary of their revolution rolls …
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By Ben Cohen
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1/10/18
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For the first time in nearly a decade, one dares to believe that the Islamist clerics who have ruled Iran since 1979 will not be in power by the time the 40th anniversary of their revolution rolls …
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By Ben Cohen
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1/3/18
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There’s an intense debate in Germany now about whether to create a post for a federal commissioner to deal with the growing problem of anti-Semitism.
The proposal—originally floated by …
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By Ben Cohen
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12/28/17
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United States National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster underlined an important point this week that deserves a wider audience.
Speaking at a conference in Washington, McMaster highlighted …
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By Ben Cohen
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12/20/17
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Like so many pins in a bowling alley, the treacherous former Argentine leaders who signed a secret pact exonerating Iran of its responsibility for the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos …
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By Ben Cohen
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12/13/17
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It has been a long time since I’ve heard anyone say anything positive about the French Socialist Party (PS). Once the giant of that country’s post-war politics, it was trounced into fifth …
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By Ben Cohen
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11/29/17
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Which single individual made the following statements?
•“Gay people are worse than dogs and pigs. I keep pigs and the male pig knows the female one.”
•“I am still …
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By Ben Cohen
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11/22/17
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Another week, another centennial. Following the Balfour Declaration’s milestone, it’s now time to look back on the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, where a communist insurrection in …
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By Ben Cohen
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11/15/17
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Prior to the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sept. 25, the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Iraq all foretold of the coming of a “second Israel” if Kurdish independence was the end …
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By Ben Cohen
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11/8/17
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