Archive for October, 2009

The Council for the National Interest Foundation has launched a new blog, Fair Policy, Fair Discussion, which is edited by our new Executive Director, Helena Cobban. Helena is a veteran of the blogging and web-publishing worlds. She has published her widely read ‘Just World News’ blog since February 2003.  Now, she’ll be doing most of [...]

Washington, D.C., October 21, 2009 — The Council for the National Interest and its affiliated Council for the National Interest Foundation (CNI/CNIF) are pleased to announce that Ms. Helena Cobban has joined the organizations as Executive Director. CNI/CNIF, founded by former Congressman Paul Findley in 1989, works to promote fair policies in the Middle East [...]

JACKSONVILLE, Illinois, Oct 16—Paul Findley, a Republican Member of Congress for 22 years, issued the following statement today: “The decision of four Republican Members of Congress to endorse a book that labels Muslim interns on Capitol Hill as spies mocks principles of religious diversity and equal justice proclaimed by Republican Party founder Abraham Lincoln.  Their [...]

Anger against Mahmoud Abbas has been especially strong in Gaza (BBC)The UN has brought forward a regular Security Council meeting on the Middle East after Libya demanded an urgent debate on alleged war crimes in Gaza. Arab states say the 14 October debate must tackle a report which criticised Israel, after the US argued against [...]

  CNI Staff Writer,  Kyle@cnionline.org Palestinian factions have shown signs this week that they are working towards reconciliation. The deal, based on a proposal set out by the Egyptian government, has received public endorsement from the largest Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah. Khaled Meshaal, the exiled political leader of Hamas, stated his agreement on the [...]