Tag: Middle East
Mideast words that don’t mean what they say
The International Criminal Court is examining Israel’s policies in what it calls the “occupied Palestinian West Bank.” But how can the court possibly render a fair verdict when that very term is a complete...
Why can’t Martin Indyk get basic mideast facts right?
Martin Indyk has spent his entire professional life immersed in the Arab-Israeli conflict, holding prominent positions in advocacy groups, think tanks, and the State Department. So how is it that he still can’t get...
When terrorists rule
Staffan Tillander, a retired Swedish diplomat, wrote an assessment of terrorist-stronghold territories published by the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune.
XX is only estimated to have perhaps 4 to 5000 fighters, but it thrives on rifts and conflicts...
Israel’s American frenemy
Astonishingly, Israel has to fight right now to defend its existence not just against a line-up of mortal foes doing the bidding of Iran but also against the Jewish state’s most important ally, America.
U.S....
Are Jewish and Arab refugees created equal?
Following revelations that the U.N.’s Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA colluded with Hamas in Gaza, 12 countries have withdrawn or paused their funding to the agency at time of writing, with more likely to come....
Biden hands another win to Iran
By Oct. 6, 2023, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were on the verge of making peace and ending the Israel-Arab conflict. The deal on the table...
Restoring deterrence
The coming of a New Year is an appropriate time for retrospection.
I’ve been thinking about December 2001. Like many Americans, I was traumatized by the horrific images of the Sept. 11 attacks.
And like many...
Israel has rights
Recently, I attended a dinner given by a major pro-Israel organization. It was the first since COVID and the turnout was great. There were old and new friends, Jews and non-Jews, Democrats and Republicans....
The lessons of ‘Casablanca’
One of my all-time favorite films is “Casablanca” starring Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, an American nightclub owner—and isolationist— in Morocco as the Nazis are goose stepping across Europe and beyond.
“I’m not fighting for...
An ‘Abraham Plan’ for the Middle East
Oct. 7, the day of Hamas’s barbaric, abhorrent terrorist attack on Israel, marked a watershed moment for the Middle East, with far-reaching consequences. In the short-term, Israel—which must be backed to the fullest extent—will...