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Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams
American Lawyer
Born: Jan 24, 1948
Been People Politics Will World You
Related authors: Asa Hutchinson Clarence Darrow James Carville Judy Sheindlin Kamala Harris Ralph Nader Robert Green Ingersoll William Jennings Bryan
Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are. Elliott Abrams
Matter Free Entirely Open Fair How How Much Depends Much Elections
In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules. Elliott Abrams
Freedom Religion Free Freedom Of Speech Judiciary Press Rules Adhere Independent Freedom Of Religion Forced Narrow Iran Official Theocracy Elections Who Even Set Speech
A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy. Elliott Abrams
Great Business Diplomacy Nation States Tyrants Constantly Great Nation Varied Both Like Interests Engage Many Multilateral United United States Need
First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes. Elliott Abrams
People Matter Somewhere First Seconds Say Minutes Between New First Impressions New People Up Impressions Size Experts Two
The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint. Elliott Abrams
Service Good Character Women Men Men And Women Seems Quaint Public Requires Notion Good Character Public Service Now
When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it. Elliott Abrams
Freedom States Press Threatened Leading Protect Efforts Should United United States
On taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama put Israeli settlements at the center of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Elliott Abrams
President President Barack Obama Settlements East Obama Put Taking Policy Israeli Office Middle Middle East Center Barack Barack Obama
From its earliest days in the nineteenth century, and until the Holocaust, the Orthodox rabbinate in eastern Europe was not enthusiastic about the Zionist movement, which at the time was led by irreligious Jews. Elliott Abrams
Time Jews Nineteenth Nineteenth Century Eastern Eastern Europe Enthusiastic About Days Until Led Movement Which Century Holocaust Europe Zionist Orthodox Earliest
The attack on the British embassy in Tehran came just days after the Iranian 'parliament' voted to expel the British ambassador, and therefore reeks of official complicity. Elliott Abrams
Tehran Embassy Complicity Attack Parliament Voted Days Came Iranian Ambassador Official Expel Just After Therefore British
Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day. Elliott Abrams
Day About Iran Barrels Exports Million
There is no way around the contradictions and dangers inherent in Israel's decision to free over 1,000 prisoners in order to liberate Gilad Shalit. Elliott Abrams
Decision Liberate Free Way Dangers Over Around Israel Prisoners Contradictions Order Inherent
Fatah is a political party and movement, whose chairman is Mahmoud Abbas. Elliott Abrams
Political Party Political Party Movement Chairman Whose
Turkey's solidarity with Hamas is not, of course, based on Arab nationalism, which as a non-Arab nation it does not support. It is instead based on a definition of the Mideast conflict as one between Jews and Muslims, precisely the position of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. Elliott Abrams
Conflict Nation Nationalism Jews Definition Solidarity Arab Muslims Instead Support Between Course Does Hamas Precisely Which Turkey Bin Al Based Al-Qaeda Position
Needless to say, if the Arab-Israeli conflict is about interstate disputes and the need to resolve the future of the West Bank and Gaza, it can be solved; if it is a religious conflict, nothing but violence is ahead. Elliott Abrams
Future Conflict Nothing Resolve Interstate Needless Gaza Say Religious Solved About West West Bank Bank Disputes Violence Need
The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics and diplomacy. Elliott Abrams
Politics Diplomacy Long Anchors Arab Weakened Arabia Both Forces Been Egypt Now Saudi Consensus Saudi Arabia
History may someday record that the Arab awakening that began with the Arab revolt of 1916 against the Ottomans ended about a century later with a whimper. Elliott Abrams
History Later Arab Record Someday About Began Revolt Ended May Against Century Awakening
At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away. Elliott Abrams
United Nations Always Israel Mob Just Nations Moment United Away
The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do so without agreeing to unfair, damaging compromises. Elliott Abrams
Power Unfair Security Security Council Some Compromises Council Without Block Just Moves Them Agreeing Damaging
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration. Elliott Abrams
Remember Past Those East Obama Administration Obama Administration Direct Seems Policy Condemned Middle Middle East Cannot Who
Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security. Elliott Abrams
Sense Security Israel Dependent Flexibility
America's relations with complex Middle Eastern states such as Egypt are often difficult. Elliott Abrams
Difficult Relations States Complex Eastern America Often Egypt Middle Middle Eastern
Israel will not and should not leave until it is clear that the West Bank can be policed by Palestinians and that the region will not be a source of terrorism against Israel, as Gaza and South Lebanon became when Israel left there. Elliott Abrams
Terrorism Will Gaza Clear Until Became Israel Leave Lebanon Source West West Bank South Left Bank Against Region Should Palestinians
I call on the Palestinian people to elect new leaders - leaders not compromised by terror. Elliott Abrams
People Compromised Leaders New Call Terror Elect Palestinian Palestinian People
An effective U.S. policy toward Sudan - one capable of changing the situation in the south and affecting the lives of its people - will require top-level attention and a great deal of energy. It should have three elements: aid, diplomacy, and financial disclosure. Elliott Abrams
Great People Financial Great Deal Will Diplomacy Three Situation Energy Aid Changing Attention Toward Policy Deal Disclosure Affecting South Effective Capable Require Should Sudan Elements Lives
The United States should help strengthen nongovernmental humanitarian agencies working in Sudan so that they can handle an increased flow of aid. Elliott Abrams
Increased Aid States Handle Agencies Should Working Help Sudan United United States Humanitarian Strengthen Flow
Thousands of members of Congress have come and gone over the years, their individual achievements hidden in committee reports, private compromises, amendments pushed through or blocked, and innumerable, unnoticed meetings. Elliott Abrams
Gone Congress Meetings Hidden Members Unnoticed Thousands Compromises Individual Through Pushed Over Come Blocked Private Years Amendment Reports Committee Achievements
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