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### Centrism From Los Angeles to Tehran

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 23 2025.

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## [Why Does Netanyahu Keep Undercutting Israel’s Requirement of Hamas’ Total, Complete and Unconditional Surrender?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30968:why-does-netanyahu-keep-undercutting-israels-requirement-of-hamas-total-complete-and-unconditional-surrender&catid=396)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - The Allied Forces finally insisted on the Nazi’s total, complete, and conditional surrender. In retrospect, historians realize…

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Written by Eliot Cohen on May 29 2025.

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Written by Liz Amsden on May 29 2025.

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Written by Nick Antonicello on May 19 2025.

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Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on May 15 2025.

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Written by Abe Gurko on May 12 2025.

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Written by Andrea Leon-Grossmann on May 01 2025.

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Written by Mary A. Fischer on April 28 2025.

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Written by Hans Johnson on April 24 2025.

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Written by Ken Alpern on April 21 2025.

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Written by David M. Hamlin on April 17 2025.

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Written by Abe Gurko on April 17 2025.

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Written by Victor Rothman on April 10 2025.

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Written by David M. Hamlin on April 07 2025.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 03 2025.

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Written by CityWatch on April 03 2025.

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Written by Liz Amsden on April 03 2025.

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Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on April 03 2025.

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Written by Ralph Nader on March 24 2025.

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