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The Washington Post reports on how Chas Freeman’s stepping down is playing in the Arab world: The Middle East press has questioned President Obama’s authority over Arab-Israeli issues since Charles W. Freeman Jr.’s withdrawal from his appointment to a senior intelligence position. A commentary in Abu Dhabi’s the National, a newspaper owned by an investment […]

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New York Times columnist Roger Cohen sparred with members of Los Angeles’ Iranian Jewish community about his recent columns on Iranian Jews. JTA has the story, and the L.A. Jewish Journal has the video from the synagogue forum last Thursday night. Cohen offers his own reflections of the event in his column on Monday. This […]

JTA’s Marcy Oster flagged this New York Times op-ed by Chas Freeman that appeared in October 2000, shortly after the launch of the second Intifada. A month ago, it’s balanced criticism of Israel and the Palestinians would probably have alarmed many Jewish organizations — but given what’s gone down the past few weeks, balance for many […]

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