MIDDLE EAST
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An American object lesson for Israel
By Suzanne Rosenberg The day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the Pink Hat movement was formally born. Some three hundred thousand…
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Is a war in the Middle East imminent?
Joe Biden would have given in to pressure from AIPAC and in a joint statement with acting Israeli Prime Minister…
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Will a Biden trip to Saudi Arabia be his “Walk to Canossa”?
By Raphael Benaroya In 1076, in a contest of the Holy Roman Empire’s secular power and the Catholic Church’s ecclesiastical…
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U.S. needs to reset its relationships in the Middle East
By Raphael Benaroya The Middle East has long been an arena of conflicts and intrigues, driven by tribal feuds, religion,…
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From Bethlehem – A view of misthought on Israeli history
Perhaps the biggest single misthink in Western history is best understood by standing in the town square of Bethlehem, allowing…
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US-Israel agreement to attack Iran?
The successive Jewish military offensives against Gaza and the West Bank have always been protected by the “spiral of silence”…
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Pre-empting the war criminals
“Too little too late”. It’s as true of Bashar al-Assad as it was of Muammar Gadhafi, as it was of…
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A weak start, but not too late for U.S. to assert itself in Iran negotiations
By Raphael Benaroya In 2018, President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — the…
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Why Muslim countries need to talk about antisemitism
By Allia Bukhari The recent escalation in the perennial Israeli-Palestinian conflict drew attention from around the world. The conflict saw…
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Russia is an alternative to Jewish settlements in Palestine
The Israeli government allows its settler movement to go on and on claiming more of the West Bank. Is there…
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