Commentary
The Fall Semester Begins — and So Does BDS
The fall semester begins this year with higher education in limbo. Colleges and universities are split between virtual and in-person semesters, with the latter...
Selling F-35s to the UAE Is an Amazingly Bad Idea
Is it safe to put sophisticated American weapons -- such as F-35 fighter-bombers -- in the hands of an Arab monarchy, such as the United Arab Emirates? The historical record points to three dangers that...
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 he’s managing to keep busy, Oren assures me in a phone interview to promote The Night Archer, his new book...
Struggling With the Settlements: A Response
I thank Jerold Auerbach for his response to my criticisms of the settlement movement, but I regret I cannot agree with it. Mr. Auerbach seems to be entranced with the settlers, particularly their most extreme faction...
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...
The Fall Semester Begins — and So Does BDS
The fall semester begins this year with higher education in limbo. Colleges and universities are split between virtual and in-person semesters, with the latter balanced...
Selling F-35s to the UAE Is an Amazingly Bad Idea
Is it safe to put sophisticated American weapons -- such as F-35 fighter-bombers -- in the hands of an Arab monarchy, such as the United...
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 he’s managing to keep busy, Oren assures me in a...
Struggling With the Settlements: A Response
I thank Jerold Auerbach for his response to my criticisms of the settlement movement, but I regret I cannot agree with it. Mr. Auerbach seems to...
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, factionalism, and proliferation of security and humanitarian issues. This trend...
Defying Geography: The Israel-Azerbaijan Partnership
Fighting in July between Armenia and Azerbaijan caused many casualties along the border, and the governments of the region fear an escalation to the scale...
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 Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs...
Turkey: Radical Islamism’s Corrupted Symbolism
Turkey’s Islamist president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took yet another step toward undoing the secular legacy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, when...
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 church. It was just converted into a mosque following a...
Scrutinizing Israel and the Ivory Tower
Academia: All the Lies -- What Went Wrong in the University Model and What Will Come in Its Place by Oz and Tamar Almog (2020,...
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, when the UAE revoked its 1972 decree to boycott the...
The Palestinian Claim of Continuity
Have Arabs been in the area west of the Jordan River from time immemorial? In 1881, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, a leading British cartographer and Dean of...
Settlements: Calamity or Fulfillment?
Benjamin Kerstein has been commended as “one of the finest American-Israeli authors of his generation.” But his recent Algemeiner critique — “Zionism, Messianism and the...
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 court the Jewish state. The house is offering odds in...
