Tag: Middle East
75 years ago, Iraq stripped its Jews of citizenship
On March 9, 1950, Iraq’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate approved the "Supplement to Ordinance Cancelling Iraqi Nationality" law. It stipulated that Jews could leave the country, on condition they renounce their citizenship and their...
Trump, Gaza and false analogies
It was interesting to watch the bemused look on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s face during a Washington press conference as President Donald Trump floated his harebrained idea of deporting all Gazans. Yet the...
Rubio to visit Middle East in wake of Trump relocation proposal
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, from February 13-18, a State Department official said.
His visit comes following the proposal by...
Arrowheads from Yemen: Evidence of ancient trade caravans found in Negev
Researchers have discovered a 2,500-year-old tomb compound with dozens of burial sites in a previously unknown site in the Negev highlands, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday.
The discovery near Tlalim Junction suggests that...
Trump’s Israel agenda: immediate critical decisions await
As Donald Trump prepares to reclaim the White House in seven days, an extensive portfolio of international and domestic challenges awaits—with Israel's security concerns commanding significant attention. Unlike his first term, Trump enters office on Jan....
Nawaf Salam becomes prime minister of Lebanon
Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice, a U.N. agency in The Hague, was designated on Monday as Lebanon’s next prime minister.
Salam, who previously served as the country’s ambassador to the United...
Israel concerned by Turkish moves in Syria
Turkey's attempt to turn Syria into a client state, replacing Iran and Russia as the key influencer, is a growing concern for Israeli officials. A senior political source in Jerusalem confessed to the Israel Hayom newspaper that...
Congratulations, Mr. Dictator: PA chief starts his 21st year
On Jan. 9, 2025, Mahmoud Abbas will start the twenty-first year of his first four-year term as leader of the Palestinian Authority.
As does U.S. law, P.A. law stipulates that the leader of the government...
Most will remember Jimmy Carter well, ‘but maybe not by Jewish community’
In a Dec. 29 statement, U.S. President Joe Biden referred to former President Jimmy Carter, who had just died at 100, as an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian,” who had “compassion and moral clarity”...
The day after in Syria
Following revolutions, we Americans have a touching inclination to ask: “Are the new leaders like us? Are they moderates who believe in tolerance and peaceful coexistence?”
Generally, the answer is no.
Take the revolution that just...