Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs | Site-Wide Activity https://bcfausa.org/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:47:00 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6e1a8bf24e761383c69f6c93a358dbae Jason Smith posted an update: I am a dedicated IT professional with extensive experience in […] https://bcfausa.org/activity/p/159/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:40:06 -0500 I am a dedicated IT professional with extensive experience in hardware design and maintenance, specializing in system motherboards. My expertise spans troubleshooting, upgrading, and optimizing computer systems to ensure peak performance. Passionate about emerging technologies, I consistently deliver reliable solutions that enhance system…Read more

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]]> 9789bc3b8ac2eac827f50c70b7c5adff William0987 replied to the topic Middle East Discussion in the forum Middle East Discussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/1/#post-31307 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:17:51 -0500 You pay debts to the U.S. government because you borrowed money or owed taxes.

Paying it back is required by law and keeps public services running.

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]]> 0 775ba474cecaa77f793c48b8b6d987c6 Harry Smith became a registered member https://bcfausa.org/activity/p/136/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:22:38 -0400 0 62aa1a2e82683a07df445485a2f65588 programs bcfa replied to the topic "Should the U.S. halt its foreign aid program?" - https://bcfausa.org/activity/p/82/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:58:53 -0400 In a parallel move to the Administration’s changes to AID, the President issued an executive order suspending the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) on grounds that the program is “detrimental” to U.S. interests and that the country lacks the…   Read more»

]]> b4116fe7f20e1874d2e716d6a7ff8aa6 programs bcfa posted a new topic "An end to foreign aid? USAID – a critical agency under threat." - https://bcfausa.org/activity/p/74/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:52:53 -0500 8aa2dd8b91da22c127b50abb8222a05a Roy Gutman replied to the topic Remembering President Carter in the forum General Discussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/remembering-president-carter/#post-28268 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:47:18 -0500 This is a test

]]> 739bbe292119c7204ad82f5d5fa45eca programs bcfa started the topic Remembering President Carter in the forum General Discussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/remembering-president-carter/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:54:53 -0500 2f52f2a01cd41c3f928bbef8b3c31f9e Robert Freedman replied to the topic MiddleEastDiscussion in the forum Activity https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/middleeastdiscussion/#post-19851 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:53:16 -0500 Thanks for your queries. The situation is still fluid. The Palestinians are discussing unity (again), a Gantz-led Israeli government will crack down on the settlers (he is already trying to do this from within the War Cabinet, and the Gulf States that don’t like Hamas (Saudi Arabia and the UAE) should be willing to help if a Palestinian state is o…Read more

]]> 0acdad83dabe66cdf60680fa09d622e0 Roy Gutman started the topic MiddleEastDiscussion in the forum MiddleEastDiscussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/middleeastdiscussion/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:30:38 -0500 My questions: what can go wrong? Could the settlers block it? Will Palestinians seize the opportunity?  Recall Abba Eban’s aphorism that the Palestinian leadership  they ’never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity?” Can the U.S. government  and regional powers work together and prevail on both sides?

]]> 1a1e524d646ed560e6cbb325e7a42954 Robert Freedman replied to the topic Middle East Discussion in the forum Middle East Discussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/1/#post-19847 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:20:22 -0500 Thanks for your queries. The situation is still fluid. The Palestinians are discussing unity (again), a Gantz-led Israeli government will crack down on the settlers (he is already trying to do this from within the War Cabinet, and the Gulf States that don’t like Hamas (Saudi Arabia and the UAE) should be willing to help if a Palestinian state is o…Read more

]]> 12589ef8bb02f1ba31e205ed9c820f61 Roy Gutman replied to the topic Middle East Discussion in the forum Middle East Discussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/1/#post-19846 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:15:16 -0500 My questions: what can go wrong? Could the settlers block it? Will Palestinians seize the opportunity? Recall Abba Eban’s aphorism that the Palestinian leadership they ’never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity?” Can the U.S. government and regional powers work together and prevail on both sides?

In reference to the new blog post Is There…Read more

]]> 24c47cd710fb752f5baecf5ee9cbca2e Robert Freedman replied to the topic Middle East Discussion in the forum Middle East Discussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/1/#post-18566 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 21:44:58 -0500 The shock of the October 7th attack on Israel has galvanized both the right and left in Israel to concentrate on eliminating Hamas. The post war arrangement is secondary to this goal. In any case, we will have to wait until it is clear that Hamas has been militarily defeated before the Israelis, with or without Netanyahu as their Prime Minister,…Read more

]]> c9caa322f60d5174e2aefc2f08547c84 Robert Freedman replied to the topic Middle East Discussion in the forum Middle East Discussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/1/#post-18565 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 21:43:53 -0500 Two things are needed to move to a two state solution.

First, Hamas must be militarily defeated so it can no longer be an actor in the peace process. Up until now Hamas succeeded in sabotaging the OSLO Two agreement in 1996 by launching a series of terrorist attacks on Israel that undermined then Prime Minister Peres and led to his loss in the…Read more

]]> 893e2805546262842b98aefb179979ab Arnold Sherman replied to the topic Middle East Discussion in the forum Middle East Discussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/1/#post-18294 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:12:13 -0500 Please consider the following as a question. Thanks. “Conflict should never begin without an exit plan. Exit plans need to consider a long historical timeline. The response to the Hamas attack on Isreal follows a classic pattern of the asymmetric powerless sucking in the dominant power into a response that will increase the commitment, in this c…Read more

]]> 20165fb0c012b460368000cb0a5d8d53 Roy Gutman replied to the topic Middle East Discussion in the forum Middle East Discussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/1/#post-18264 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 19:28:58 -0500 Greetings to Baltimore Council members.
I have a question for Professor Freedman. Hamas rejected negotiations to resolve the confllict in a two-state solution, and the present Israeli government has done little if anything to move in that direction. What will it take to revive negotiations towards a two-state solution?

]]> cf58aeb5ee2d68f7c37b0763fd6404a4 Roy Gutman started the topic Middle East Discussion in the forum Middle East Discussion https://bcfausa.org/forums/topic/1/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:00:45 -0500 Welcome to the Baltimore Council’s Forum on the Middle East. We’ve now posted Professor Robert Freedman’s blog on the Fifth Israel-Hamas War after one month and we will welcome your questions and observations. Council members are known for their thoughtful questions and statements at our monthly speakers’ series, and we hope this forum w…Read more

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