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Fundamentalist Muslim Palestinian women walk past Hamas graffiti in Gaza City ((Getty Images))
Today Palestinians vote for a new parliament. For the first time ever, they’ll have the chance to choose deputies from Hamas, a political party that’s also a major sponsor of terrorism in Israel. Could a strong Hamas showing nudge the group to a more conciliatory stance? Also: lobbying in NY, rock n' roll for peace in Indonesia and your calls.
Hamas' Big Test
Hussein Agha, senior associate member of St. Antony's College, Oxford, contributor to the New York Review of Books, and author, Framework for a Palestinian National Security Doctrine (Royal Institute of International Affairs, upcoming 2006),
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Larry Garber, executive director of the New Israel Fund and former director of ...
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Larry Garber, executive director of the New Israel Fund and former director of ...
A New Peace of the Puzzle
Ahmed Dhani ,celebrity singer, songwriter and leader of Dewa, Indonesia’s best-selling rock group for more than a decade,
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C. Holland Taylor Chairman and CEO of the Lib for All Foundation
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C. Holland Taylor Chairman and CEO of the Lib for All Foundation
- on spreading a message of moderatism in the world's most populous Muslim nation
Throwing Light on the Lobby
Dick Dadey executive director of the Citizen's Union, a watchdog for the public interest and an advocate for good government
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Bill Hammond columnist and editorial writer for the New York Daily News, based in Albany
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Bill Hammond columnist and editorial writer for the New York Daily News, based in Albany
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Open Phones
calls from listeners on pre-Iraq War intelligence
James Carville lurking in the halls
We hear he'll be on Lopate next hour.