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Clifford D. May

Clifford D. May is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a columnist for “The ‎Washington Times.”‎

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Clifford D. MayFebruary 23, 2020

The UN Human Rights Council strikes again

The UNHRC has condemned Israel more than all other nations of the world combined. Now, a motley crew of rights violators seeks to harm Israelis and Palestinians alike.

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Clifford D. MayFebruary 16, 2020

The return of the Monroe Doctrine

The Trump administration has found bipartisan support for a pro-U.S. Venezuelan leader, but its efforts to bring about regime change in Venezuela have been principled, persistent and, so far, ineffective.

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Clifford D. MayFebruary 2, 2020

The folly of fighting the US militarily

Those waging war against us want us to submit. Or they want to kill us. What part of “Death to America!” is hard to understand? The notion that we can make ourselves inoffensive to our enemies is risible.

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Clifford D. MayJanuary 5, 2020

Nikki Haley, all-American

The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is a loyal and principled neo-Trumpian, which makes some people angry.

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Clifford D. MayDecember 25, 2019

The war against Christians

It hit a peak in the last century, but it’s ongoing in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

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Clifford D. MayDecember 19, 2019

Progress on ‘the Jewish question’

While anti-Semites suffer defeats in the U.K. and the U.S., Jew-hatred, that ancient and shape-shifting pathology, is on the rise almost everywhere, often with lethal results.

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Clifford D. MayNovember 28, 2019

The trouble with religious freedom

Some Congress members disapprove of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s prioritization of “freedom of religion or belief.” But this fight may be part of a broader effort to drum conservatives out of the human rights community.

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Clifford D. MayNovember 20, 2019

Careless in Gaza

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad provoked hostilities with Israel hoping Hamas would follow suit, but found itself alone.

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Clifford D. MayNovember 6, 2019

Selective anti-imperialism

The world’s most despotic empires do not concern Ilhan Omar and her fans.

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Clifford D. MayOctober 31, 2019

The battle of Baghdadi

The elimination of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a victory, to be sure, but is not by any stretch of the imagination the end of the war on terror.

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Clifford D. MayOctober 24, 2019

The Kurds are ‘not angels,’ but they were allies

That was U.S. President Donald Trump’s characterization of the Kurds. He’s right, of course. But among Muslim nations, America has had no better friend.

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Clifford D. MayOctober 3, 2019

Columbia University celebrates anti-Semitism

Will it soon be inviting anti-black, anti-women, anti-Hispanic and anti-LGBTQ global leaders to address students? Of course not.

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Clifford D. MaySeptember 22, 2019

Submitting to Islamist bullies won’t make America great again

U.S. President Donald Trump must remember a cardinal rule: If we reward aggression, we’ll get more of it.

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Clifford D. MaySeptember 5, 2019

Iran lashes out at a US think tank

A few days ago, Iran’s rulers lashed out not just at the U.S. government, but also at an American think tank—namely, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which I founded shortly after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Clifford D. MayAugust 27, 2019

The anti-Israel lobby

The planned visit by U.S. Reps. Tlaib and Omar was organized by a group that has published blood libels and neo-Nazi essays. Apparently, white supremacy in defense of Jew-hatred is no vice.

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