Opinion
Ambassador Michael Oren on His New Book and the Presidential Election
Michael Oren is no longer Israel’s ambassador in Washington or a member of the Knesset. But...
Struggling With the Settlements: A Response
I thank Jerold Auerbach for his response to my criticisms of the settlement movement, but...
US Isolationism Leads to Globalization of Conflicts and Endless Wars
Localized conflicts are being globalized following a similar pattern of weakened or divided central government,...
Defying Geography: The Israel-Azerbaijan Partnership
Fighting in July between Armenia and Azerbaijan caused many casualties along the border, and the...
Harvard Names Serial Liar and Failed Diplomat Saeb Erekat as a Fellow to Lecture on Diplomacy
Remember when actions taken by Harvard University actually meant something? The Future of Diplomacy Project at...
Turkey: Radical Islamism’s Corrupted Symbolism
Turkey’s Islamist president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took yet another step toward undoing the secular legacy...
Why Did Turkey’s Erdogan Convert Hagia Sophia Into a Mosque?
Hagia Sophia (“Holy Wisdom” in Latin) was built in the 4th century as a Byzantine...
Scrutinizing Israel and the Ivory Tower
Academia: All the Lies -- What Went Wrong in the University Model and What Will...
The End of the UAE Boycott Is a Blow to BDS
The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel suffered a major blow this weekend,...
The Palestinian Claim of Continuity
Have Arabs been in the area west of the Jordan River from time immemorial? In 1881,...
Settlements: Calamity or Fulfillment?
Benjamin Kerstein has been commended as “one of the finest American-Israeli authors of his generation.”...
The Odds of Normalization With Israel: Could Sudan Be Next?
The international community is placing bets on which Muslim country will be the next to...
Syria: The Decline of the Last Conventional Threat
Over the years, Israel has considered a conventional war with Syria a likely scenario. Unlike...
