Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic: The Jerusalem Announcement Won't Really Hurt America's Arab Alliances
Don’t make the mistake of assuming that Muslim-majority countries are in any real sense “pro-Muslim.”
Most Arab countries won’t care much about Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which might seem counterintuitive. The official announcement, though, comes at an important and peculiar time, when Arab regimes—particularly Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt—find themselves more aligned than ever with Israel on regional priorities. They all share, along with the Trump administration, a near obsession with Iran as the source of the region’s evils; a dislike, and even hatred, of the Muslim Brotherhood; and an opposition to the intent and legacy of the Arab Spring.
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"A former intern to Rep. Conyers has come forward with new accusations that when she was prodded for sexual favors and turned them down, the civil rights icon oddly mentioned the 2001 case of Washington intern Chandra Levy, who was carrying on a sexual relationship with democratic congressman Gary Condit when she was found murdered in a park. Conyers told his intern he had some “insider information” on the scandalous case and she was unsure if that was a threat"
But Conyers is an "icon" said Nancy Pelousy, SO WHO CARES ABOUT A THREAT?
Walk like a Democrat!
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