Shibley Telhami
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Shibley Telhami
Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a nonresident senior fellow of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution...
closeness expertise far influence lack middle problem staff
I think she's doing far better than her predecessors. Because of her closeness to the president, she has real influence on policy. The problem is that she and her staff still lack real expertise in the Middle East.
blaming commission conclusion process
The most important part of the commission is that you have a process that is credible, ... The Palestinians, in particular, feel that the U.S. has jumped to the conclusion of blaming them first and they have wanted to investigate that.
eastern middle terrifying
He is terrifying to Middle Eastern elites. He is terrifying to Middle Eastern governments,
aspire life normal terrifying united
He is terrifying to those who aspire to have a normal life because ... if it could be done to the United States, it could be done to them.