Archive | June 11, 2012

Letter to Chairman from Senator Stabenow Regarding Fixing the NDAA: Repeal Sections 1021 & 1022

June 11, 2012

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June 11, 2012 Ms. Wissam Charafeddine Dear Wissam, Thank you for contacting me about detainee provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act. I share your support for protecting civil liberties, which is why I believe the government’s detainee policy should be codified in law. I strongly believe that the President needs the power to keep […]

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The Six-Day War, 45 Years Later (النكسة)

June 11, 2012

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Exactly 45 years (or 16,448 days) ago today, Israel (and the world) awoke to a new, stunning geographical reality:  The young Jewish David had essentially humiliated the “Arab Goliath”. Israeli forces were in occupation of the whole of the Sinai and the Gaza Strip (Egyptian territory), the West Bank including Arab East Jerusalem (Jordanian territory) […]

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