Largely forgotten by history, leaders in Beirut and Tel Aviv shook hands on a plan for normal bilateral relations 43 years ago, after yet another Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.
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This article was originally published in Majalla on June 1, 2017.
*I am hopeful that progress can be made between Arabs and Israelis but the old questions of the past still remain
*The US…
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by John Garnaut
Australia is the canary in the coal mine of Chinese Communist…
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