Israel Only Free State in Middle East, Report Finds

A study by Washington think tank Freedom House found that Israel is the only “free” country in the entire Middle East, outpacing its Arab neighbors by wide margins.
Dominance and Fluidity in International Politics

Yet Donald Trump is not an ordinary President. Extensive business connections and a disinclination to be candid about them may cause him trouble.
Palestinians’ Fort of Torture

These reports, however, were buried, along with the abuse, in favor of attention to rhetoric directed against the Trump Administration.
Immigration Priorities: Translators, and Victims of Genocide

If you want security clearances in the United States, the government “vets” you quite thoroughly.
The Three-Way Option: Arab States, Israel, Palestinians

Ya’alon offers an impressive analysis of why decades of diplomacy failed and its enduring stagnation.
The Two “Islamophobias”

We, and not our opponents, must place ourselves in a position to define what is and what is not real “Islamophobia.”
Palestinians of Syria: A Year of Killings and Torture

The Palestinian leadership in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are also blind to the suffering of their people in the Arab world, specifically in Syria.
The BDS Movement is in Trouble

It’s not easy when boycotts can cost people their jobs.
Goodbye President Obama From the Settlers

We wish the American people well, as they — and we — put your presidency behind us.
Czechoslovakia Redux

It bodes well that President-elect Trump will return to the White House the bust of Churchill removed by Obama.