Archive for June, 2010

After a months-long search, the Council for the National Interest (CNI), a two-decades old Washington DC institute that advocates for “Middle East policies that serve the American national interest,” has named former journalist and Executive Director of If Americans Knew Alison Weir as its new President. Weir will replace retiring President Eugene Bird, a former [...]

Fearless, decent seeker-of-truth Helen Thomas, 89, the preeminent challenger of political power for a half-century as dean of White House correspondents, has resigned her position with Hearts Newspapers. She acted in the wake of controversy that erupted when she told reporters “Jews should get the hell out of Palestine.” While speaking plainly on behalf of [...]

CNI: Jerusalem Calling host and former CNI board member, Ambassador Edward Peck, shares his experience being deported from Israel after his capture by Israeli Forces in international waters while aboard a non-violent flotilla headed toward Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid.