The forces that define America—its creativity, capacity for reinvention, scientific genius, and moral imagination—are stronger than any one man’s madness. They cannot be extinguished; they can only be surrendered.
The next episode of my podcast "On the Issues" is this upcoming Tuesday, October 6, at 10:00am EDT with Michael Wuthrich, Associate Professor of Political Science and the Associate Director for Global & International Studies at the University of Kansas. He received his PhD in Political Science from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey in 2011. His research focuses on Middle East politics, particularly Turkish, Kurdish, and Iranian politics, electoral behavior, religion and politics, and nationalism. He is co-author of the 2022 book, Beyond Piety and Politics: Religion, Social Relations, and Public Preferences in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Today’s podcast guest is Tony Klug, a Middle East analyst who has been a senior advisor on the Middle East to the Oxford Research Group and a consultant to the Palestine Strategy Group and the Israeli Strategic Forum.
In this episode, we discuss the plausibility of a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the feasibility of such a resolution, the past negotiations between Israel, the Palestinians, and involved Arab states, and what can be done based on the current facts on the ground.
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Dr. Tony Klug has been a senior advisor on the Middle East to the Oxford Research Group and a consultant to the Palestine Strategy Group and the Israeli Strategic Forum. He has written extensively about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the early 1970s and was one of the first advocates of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel in the wake of the 1967 war. His PhD thesis (1979) was on the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. For many years, he worked at Amnesty International, where he headed the international development program.
The next live episode of my podcast is this upcoming Tuesday, September 29, at 10:00am EDT with Tony Klug, senior advisor on the Middle East to the Oxford Research Group and a consultant to the Palestine Strategy Group and the Israeli Strategic Forum. He has written extensively about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the early 1970s and was one of the first advocates of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel in the wake of the 1967 war. For many years he worked at Amnesty International where he headed the international development program.
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UNICEF warns that 6.9 million children in Syria urgently need humanitarian assistance, underscoring the enormous challenges facing a generation shaped by years of conflict and displacement. Access to quality education, healthcare, nutrition, clean water, and sanitation remains essential, while returning refugee and displaced families need support to rebuild their lives and reintegrate their children. UNICEF is rehabilitating schools, supporting vaccination and nutrition programs, restoring water infrastructure, and expanding vocational opportunities. Arab News Syria cannot rebuild while millions of its children remain in need. International support must prioritize their recovery and future. Rebuilding schools, healthcare, and essential services is not charity—it is an investment in Syria’s stability, recovery, and lasting peace.
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AFGHAN WOMEN ARE PAYING THE PRICE OF TALIBAN RULE
Five years after the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan may be experiencing less active warfare, but its people are paying a devastating price. More than 90 percent of Afghans now live below the poverty line, unemployment is rampant, and millions depend on humanitarian assistance. Women and girls have suffered some of the harshest consequences: girls are barred from school beyond sixth grade and women from universities, while sweeping restrictions have stripped them of employment opportunities and basic freedoms. Peace cannot simply mean the absence of bombs and bullets. A society that condemns half its population to isolation, dependency, and ignorance cannot call itself at peace. Afghanistan’s women deserve freedom, education, opportunity, and a future.
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IRAQ MUST NOT TURN MASS TRIALS INTO MASS INJUSTICE
Iraqi authorities are preparing to prosecute more than 5,700 people transferred from northeast Syria over suspected ties to ISIS, including at least 157 children. The security challenges are undeniable, but they cannot justify abandoning fundamental rights. Amnesty International has documented Iraq’s troubling reliance in previous terrorism cases on confessions allegedly obtained through torture and ill-treatment. With defendants potentially facing the death penalty, the consequences of an unfair trial could be irreversible. Every accused person must receive an individualized assessment, legal representation, and proceedings free from torture-tainted evidence. Children require particular protection and must not be prosecuted merely for association with an armed group. Fighting terrorism does not give governments permission to abandon justice. Without due process, accountability becomes another form of abuse.
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You know, I used to think of amnesty international as a good functioning organization. Not that theyve been supporting terrorists and deviants rights....no.
How many Palestinians are detained in Israel?
Never once heard from this guy regarding the hanging of hundreds of Palestinian hostages, even nchildren.
The forces that define America—its creativity, capacity for reinvention, scientific genius, and moral imagination—are stronger than any one man’s madness. They cannot be extinguished; they can only be surrendered.
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