Regardless of what one thinks about J Street’s conduct during the war, the promulgation of this line is a threat to any future pragmatic effort to move U.S. policy on Israel-Palestine in a progressive direction in any future that we can see…. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/attacking-j-street-wont-b_b_5854256.html
Australia ordered federal police to take over security at the house of parliament Friday, a day after police conducted one of the nation’s largest counter-terrorism operations in the port city of Sydney. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/19/world/asia/australia-parliament-security/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
Turkish lawmakers voted Thursday to authorize military force against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, joining a growing international coalition. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/02/world/meast/isis-air-strikes/index.html?hpt=ieu_c1
