Advertisements Israel did not sign “peace deals” with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain today. You can’t make peace between countries who have never been at war. And the notion that they are only now establishing a relationship is laughable. Clandestine relationships between Israel and the Gulf states have existedContinue Reading
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Advertisements Mike Pompeo’s decision to air a remarkably dull speech from Jerusalem to the Republican National Convention stirred great controversy. But that controversy overshadowed what was a dismal failure of a Middle East trip for the Secretary of State. Indeed, it only served to highlight this administration’s inability to capitalizeContinue Reading
Advertisements The list of foreign policy blunders and failures in just three and a half years of the Donald Trump administration is remarkably long. But one of his first–the green light to the Saudis to try to isolate Qatar, physically and politically–is still festering. It’s an object lesson in howContinue Reading
For the pro-Likud right, the only alternative to complete economic strangulation is for the Palestinians to embrace Jabari’s path that eschews any hope of self-determination but submits to a future of permanent apartheid in exchange for somewhat improved economic conditions. This threadbare ploy is doomed to failure.Continue Reading
