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Omar Baddar

Omar Baddar is a Middle East political analyst based in Washington, DC. You can follow him on Twitter at @OmarBaddar

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Sam Harris’ dangerous new idiocy: Incoherent, Islamophobic and simply immoral

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(AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ted Cruz’s colossal nonsense: Right-wing media, and everything he doesn’t know about the Middle East

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A displaced Palestinian boy, still inside a classroom, eats a snack at the Abu Hussein U.N. school in Jebaliya refugee camp. Some 3,300 Gazans seeking shelter from the fighting had been crowded into the U.N. school in Jebaliya refugee camp when it was hit by a series of Israeli artillery shells. (Associated Press/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Everything you need to know about Gaza now: The truth behind the spin

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A Palestinian man carries the lifeless body of a child to an emergency room at Shifa hospital in Gaza City last week. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

Debunking the myths about Gaza: The truth behind Israeli and Palestinian talking points

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Palestinians flee their homes in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, after Israel had airdropped leaflets warning people to leave the area, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Collective punishment or human shields? Israel’s military has no “moral superiority,” time for media to cover Gaza fairly

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