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Iraqi Jews leaving Lod Airport in Israel on their way to Ma'abarot transit camps, 1951. Source: Israel Government Press Office.

75 years ago, Iraq stripped its Jews of citizenship

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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...
Indians arrive at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam after being expelled from Uganda, Nov. 24, 1972. Credit: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo/Netherlands National Archive via Wikimedia Commons.

Trump, Gaza and false analogies

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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...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaking at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., March 5, 2016. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons.

Rubio to visit Middle East in wake of Trump relocation proposal

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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...
Egyptian-style scarabs with additional cultural influences found at a tomb complex in Israel's Negev Desert are evidence of encounters between different peoples, researchers say. Credit: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Arrowheads from Yemen: Evidence of ancient trade caravans found in Negev

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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...
President-elect Donald Trump visits the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025. Credit: Trump transition team.

Trump’s Israel agenda: immediate critical decisions await

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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 , president of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, at a two-day hearing in a case Mexico filed against Ecuador at the ICJ, May 1, 2024. Photo by Remko De Waal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images.

Nawaf Salam becomes prime minister of Lebanon

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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...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressing the opening of parliament in Ankara on Oct. 1, 2020. Credit: Erdoğan/X.

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...
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas attends the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session on Sept. 24, 2024. Credit: U.N. Photo.

Congratulations, Mr. Dictator: PA chief starts his 21st year

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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...
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, his wife Rosalynn Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat walk at Camp David, Md., on Sept. 5, 1978. Credit: Jimmy Carter Library.

Most will remember Jimmy Carter well, ‘but maybe not by Jewish community’

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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”...
Syrians burned Assad's flags and gathered in a central square in Damascus to celebrate their liberation from the Assad regime in Damascus Square on Dec. 13, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/dia images via Getty Images.

The day after in Syria

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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...