Advertisements Joe Biden’s attempt to ignore the Palestinian people has brought the worst calamity on both Israelis and Palestinians since 1948 down, and civilians on both sides have been the overwhelming majority of those who have paid the price. In addition, while Biden, MBS, and the Abraham Accords countries tryContinue Reading
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
Advertisements This piece originally appeared at Souciant’s new blog. Check it out for a great deal of brilliant and different progressive thought. I wrote recently about the apoplectic reaction of some members of Russia’s Jewish community to Stephen Fry’s very accurate comparison of the atmosphere in Germany at the beginningContinue Reading
Advertisements Once again, Egypt is in turmoil. Some of the characteristics of the current upheaval are similar to that of two years ago, but there are many differences. Still, the immediate outcome is largely the same, with the military taking over and promising to shepherd in a new civilian government,Continue Reading
Advertisements Who is John Kerry trying to fool? His repeated trips to the Middle East have produced no change in the status quo and prevented neither the resignation of the US’ golden boy in Palestine, Salam Fayyad, nor Turkish Prime Minister Trecip Erdogan’s planned visit to Gaza. But he remainsContinue Reading
