http://www.cnionline.org Advocating Middle East policies that serve the American national interest. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:48:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-iii/ http://www.cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-iii/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:39:46 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=640 Principled Policy as a Last Resort Michael Thomas CNI Board Member American policy toward Hamas has been self defeating. From and after the elections of 2006, in the name of the war on terror, the US has dishonored its commitment to democratic institutions; has vigorously supported massive violations of international humanitarian and human rights law [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-iii/feed/ 1 http://www.cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-ii/ http://www.cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-ii/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:34:01 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=637 Hamas and Current American Policy Michael Thomas CNI Board Member Part I summarized what was learned about Hamas in meetings throughout the Levant in May of this year. In this Part II, we will consider information about Hamas from sources we did not talk to, and analyze current American policies and their evident effects. Hamas: [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-ii/feed/ 2 http://www.cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-i/ http://www.cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-i/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:29:46 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=635 Hamas as It and Its Neighbors See It Michael Thomas CNI Board Member The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has proven intractable for over six decades. In the past decade, even as Israel, Arab states and Fatah have seemed to be gravitating toward a two-state solution many blame a resistance organization designated terrorist by [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/what-to-make-of-hamas-part-i/feed/ 2 http://www.cnionline.org/yes-you-can/ http://www.cnionline.org/yes-you-can/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:19:36 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=591 By Uri Avnery FIRST, AN honest disclosure: I loved the Shepherd hotel very much. In the first years after the Six-Day War, I was a frequent guest there. My work in the Knesset demanded that I stay in Jerusalem at least two nights every week, and after the war I switched from the hotels of [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/yes-you-can/feed/ 0 http://www.cnionline.org/american-elder-statesmen-endorse-cnis-stance-on-negotiations/ http://www.cnionline.org/american-elder-statesmen-endorse-cnis-stance-on-negotiations/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:51:45 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=548 By Brian Doyle and Shane McCarthy CNI Staff Writers brian@cnionline.org and shane@cnionline.org The Foundation for Middle East Peace, a Washington-based non-profit promoting a just Israeli-Palestinian accord, unveiled a DVD “New Hope for Peace: What America Must do to End the Israel Palestine Conflict” at the US Institute for Peace today in which four American elder [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/american-elder-statesmen-endorse-cnis-stance-on-negotiations/feed/ 0 http://www.cnionline.org/israels-naval-campaign-against-gaza/ http://www.cnionline.org/israels-naval-campaign-against-gaza/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:57:37 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=473 By Brian Doyle CNI Staff Writer brian@cnionline.org Yesterday Israel continued its naval campaign against Gaza, seizing a ship from the US-based Free Gaza Movement that was attempting to enter the besieged Palestinian territory with a cargo of humanitarian supplies. The ship, Spirit of Humanity, had sailed from Cyprus but was stopped and boarded by the [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/israels-naval-campaign-against-gaza/feed/ 0 http://www.cnionline.org/new-beginnings-new-policies/ http://www.cnionline.org/new-beginnings-new-policies/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:36:30 +0000 carlton http://www.cnionline.org/?p=424 By Brian Doyle CNI Staff Writer brian@cnionline.org On June 4th President Obama took an important step in repairing US relations with the Muslim world in his speech at the University of Cairo. The President presented a kinder, gentler America, one knowledgeable and appreciative of Islamic culture and history. Head on, Obama addressed the biggest sources [...]]]> http://www.cnionline.org/new-beginnings-new-policies/feed/ 0