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Evelyn Gordon07.11.2018

Another predictive failure leaves Mideast ‘experts’ unchastened

Despite Arab gestures toward Israel that were previously considered inconceivable, the experts still insist that further progress requires Israeli concessions to the Palestinians. What makes them so sure?

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James Dorsey04.11.2018

Muhammad bin Salman: For better or for worse?

Embattled Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman could prove to be not only a cat with nine lives, but a cat that makes surprising jumps.

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Israel Hayom

Eyal Zisser23.10.2018

Playing into Iranian hands

Israel and Hamas are not the only players that are bracing for a possible conflagration. Over in Tehran, the ayatollahs know that renewed hostilities would help distract the world’s (and Israel’s) attention from their regional aggression.

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Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein13.07.2018

Peace in the Mideast cannot be built with platitudes

When religious leaders—in this case, the pope himself—offer nothing but bromides instead of practical ideas that can work, many of the faithful tune out or just check out altogether.

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Why Arab writers say Israel is superior to Arab countries

MEMRI29.04.2018

The reasons lie in Israel’s strong and effective judicial system that tackles corruption in the country; that it is a democracy; that it respects the will of its citizens and voters; and that over the years, it has invested a great deal in education, science, health and technology.

Map of the Middle East. Creative Commons license.

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Syria is now ‘a Shi’a colony of Iran,’ Damascus-born professor tells Israeli conference

Yaakov Lappin28.02.2018

Middle East experts address the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University on Iran’s expansionism and threats to the region.

Professor Efraim Karsh, director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Credit: BESA via Facebook.

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