Posts Tagged: Alon ben-meir
Trump’s Syria Policy: Strikes Are a Good Start
US President Donald Trump’s unexpected attack on Syria’s Shayrat airbase -- in response to President Bashar Assad’s sarin gas attack on his own citizens --...
Erdogan Exploits Islam for Personal and Political Gain
Anyone who follows Turkish President Erdogan’s political career cannot escape the conclusion that he has carefully and systematically crafted policies framed in Islamic clothing. He...
How Moving the US Embassy to West Jerusalem, While Denying Israel’s Sovereignty Over East Jerusalem, Could Inject New Life Into the Peace Process
If President Trump fulfills his campaign promise to relocate the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, there will be major regional and international repercussions. The Trump administration...
Erdogan: A Classic Case of How Power Corrupts
Much has been written on the endemic corruption in Turkey that involves virtually every social stratum -- including political, judicial, government administration, private sector, civil society, business...
Erdogan’s Lust for Power Is Destroying Turkey’s Democracy
This is the first in a series of articles based in part on eyewitness accounts about the rapidly deteriorating socio-political conditions in Turkey, and what...
Trump Thinks He’s Helping Israel, But He’s Actually Hurting It
President-elect Trump’s appointment of David Friedman (known for his support of settlements) to be the US ambassador to Israel; his appointment of Walid Phares (a...
Peres the Statesman vs. Netanyahu the Demagogue
The death of Shimon Peres highlights the stark difference in leadership between him and Prime Minister Netanyahu -- the difference between a statesman and a demagogue. Peres...
Peace Incentives for Israel and the Palestinians (PART TWO)
Note: For part one of this article, please click here. The international conference that was convened by France on June 3 in Paris to advance the...
The Afghanistan Quagmire: Time for an Exit Strategy
Two weeks ago, President Obama announced that the US will draw down its troops in Afghanistan from 9,800 to 8,400, altering his original plan to...
A Movement to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been steadily deteriorating, making the prospect of reaching an agreement on the basis of a two-state solution ever more intractable. What...
Bernie Sanders Has It Right on Israel
Following the 2016 US presidential elections, the next administration must adopt a new and realistically balanced policy toward Israel and the Palestinians to bring an...
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Breaking the Deadlock
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has rarely been so far from finding a resolution. Since the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas during the summer of...
An Open Letter in Opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu
Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, I write this letter to you with a heavy heart, as it pains me deeply to see the beautiful dream of a...
An Opposing View to Netanyahu’s Proposed Security Wall
The demagoguery of Prime Minster Netanyahu seems to have no limit -- demagoguery in a sense that he says and acts on anything to buttress Israel’s hold...
