The Forgotten Refugees of the Middle East

Jews who were forced to flee their homes in Arab lands.
Let’s Not Celebrate the Romance with Ra’am Prematurely

The right is reveling in this new friendship, though it is ignoring the ramifications of joining forces with an Islamic movement currently displaying signs of moderation.
Bahraini Minister’s ‘Stroll’ in Jerusalem; “The Most Spiritual City in the World”

The Bahraini official took in the “spirit” of Jerusalem, duly impressed by it’s holiness.
J Street Uses A Pro-Terrorist EU Bureaucrat To Malign Jewish Neighborhoods

J Street, in a mid-November email appeal, quoted an unnamed “top EU diplomat” in its tirade against an Israeli government call for bids for new homes in a nearly 30 year-old Jerusalem neighborhood where Ethiopian Jewish and Russian immigrants live.
Make the Palestinian Issue Central Again?

Have the Abraham Accords put an end to the ability of the “Palestine Firsters” to sacrifice Middle East reality on the altar of a supposed Palestinian centrality?
The Approaching Storm in US-Israel Relations
Talk of Biden’s joviality and personal warmth, and of moderates versus radicals, are soothing distractions for Israelis about to face the most hostile U.S. administration in history.
Potholes on the Road to Middle East Peace

There’s concern that Biden will undo some of the Trump policies vis a vis Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, or the rejection of the notion that “settlements” are by definition illegal and an obstacle to peace.
Israel Between Two Presidents

Israel must begin preparing itself for the incoming U.S. administration, rather than exploiting the remaining months of Trump’s presidency to work towards goals that will alienate it.
Israel, the Sunnis and the Return of a Pro-Iran White House

The Israeli media grotesquely cheers the apparent defeat of Israel’s best friend ever in the Oval Office and his replacement by the vice president of the most hostile U.S. leader in history.
“Teach your Children: the Zionist Entity will Come to an End” says Egyptian MP and PA TV Host

Although Israel signed a peace treaty with Egypt decades ago, one Egyptian member of Parliament rejects outright Israel’s right to exist.