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An edition of the Koran. Credit: Sayyed Shahab-o-Din Vajedi/Wikimedia Commons.

Can the Koran solve Israel’s political impasse?

The positive implications of Israeli Muslims recognizing the Jewish state override coalition-building.

April 22, 2021

The Middle East as seen from 250 miles above in this April 14, 2016 photo from the International Space Station. Countries seen, from left, along the Mediterranean coast include Egypt, Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. Credit: NASA via Wikimedia Commons.

Fighting and hugging in the Middle East

Kaleidoscopic coalitions and enmities are one of the Middle East’s most distinctive political features, recognized by locals and clear to analysts.

March 21, 2021

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Aug. 12, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Israel and the Temple Mount’s five Muslim rivals

Everyone knows about the Jewish-Muslim tussle over claims to rule Jerusalem, but there's another, less public, battle over the authority over the holy edifices in the city.

February 7, 2021

AIPAC CEO Howard Kohr speaking at the annual AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., March 2, 2020. Credit: AIPAC.

The Israel lobby is good for America

Each hinterland fights for its cause. Each provides diplomatic support, financial aid and armaments.

January 25, 2021

An Israeli soldier performs a body search on a Palestinian man in Hebron, Nov. 4, 2016. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Explaining Israel’s security establishment

The conflict with the Palestinians has changed the IDF into a police force with a defensive mentality viewing stability as a goal in itself.

June 28, 2020

U.S. President Bill Clinton is flanked by Jordan's King Hussein and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, shaking hands in October 1994. Source: Israel Government Press Office.

Jerusalem, Jordan and the Jews

Amman does not go so far as to deny any Jewish connection, but it, too, makes a hash of history.

June 23, 2020

What would Ben-Gurion do?

The founding father and first prime minister of Israel would reject paying a probably massive price for self-indulgent symbolism.

May 28, 2020

The New York Times building in New York City. Credit: Serge Attal/Flash90.

A reply to my critics

I hardly expected my article to arouse high emotions. It deals with a tactical issue distant from philosophical foundations, principles or ideology.

May 10, 2020

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai attends a city council meeting on Jan. 20, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Tel Aviv’s mayor vs. the Middle East Forum

Ron Huldai’s autocratic reaction to an Israel Victory Project ad campaign is yet another demonstration of Israel’s die-hard left increasingly relying on police methods as it continues to decline.

February 23, 2020