Phyllis Bennis
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"Phyllis Bennis" is an American journalist, activist, and political commentator.

Focusing mainly on issues related to the Middle East and the United Nations, she is a strong critic of Israel and the United States and a leading advocate for Palestine/Palestinian rights.

She directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.

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The United Nations is based on principles, embodied in the U.N. Charter, that require its leadership, especially the secretary-general, to stand and defend its principles against those trying to force the United Nations to become part of illegal wars, to endorse illegal occupations, or to ignore looming genocides.

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This war has brought nothing but death and destruction to Iraq. Bringing the troops home is a first step to ending the war.

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We're seeing rapid changes in public opinion in favor of ending the war and bringing back the troops and it's beginning to be reflected in Congress.

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[Israelis are also violating U.S. laws, specifically the terms of the Arms Export Act.] Arms exported abroad aren't supposed to be used except in self defense, certainly not in war or on people, ... Israel violates the arm export act when it uses F-16s to bomb and assassinate Hamas officials in Gaza and the West Bank.

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Talking nice to the Saudi or Egyptian governments, [which] are themselves the target of a huge amount of rage ... is not going to get Hughes very far. If the US changed its policies, then her work of selling US policy [would become] much easier.

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So far, the Democrats have been cowardly and unwilling to speak out. They need to do so if they want to reap the political benefits of Bush's unpopularity.

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Whether the proposed constitution is approved or rejected . . . it is a process and a text largely crafted and imposed by U.S. occupation authorities and their Iraqi dependents, and thus lacking in legal or political legitimacy.

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I hope that things can change in a way that will make it possible to cure the children that are now facing the result of this war and prevent further generations of children from facing the same thing.

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