A New Water-Sharing Agreement Will Benefit Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians
For nine years, Mahmoud Abbas tried to obstruct cooperation.
July 17, 2017
The empty chair that spooked a superpower.
The Chinese poet, literary critic, political thinker, and fearless dissident Liu Xiaobo—who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010—died last week while still under custody. He was imprisoned in 2008 for expressing opinions the Communist regime considered dangerous, and he had been arrested multiple times in the preceding two decades. In a 2012 essay, Simon Leys described his ideas and career:
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Login or SubscribeFor nine years, Mahmoud Abbas tried to obstruct cooperation.
The original sin of U.S. Iran policy never happened.
Ignoring “Jewish excavations” in the name of “neutrality.”
The empty chair that spooked a superpower.
And the search for one survivor.