Current and Perpetual Troubles

The President’s farewell was, as expected, delivered with his usual flair and claims of accomplishment, some of which are justified.
Obama’s Middle East Legacy: Tragic Failure

History will look kindly on Obama’s domestic successes, but will judge his Middle East policy harshly.
Obama’s Transparent Presidency

Obama and his followers in the US and around the world refuse to see the connection between the policies borne of that ideology and their destructive consequences.
Junctions

There are a couple of indications that Israel is approaching a junction.
Obama Administration Set for One Last Strike at Israel

A Paris “peace conference” and a Turtle Bay aftermath.
Obama, Kerry and Netanyahu Go Visceral

How to explain the recent uproar in U.S.-Israel relations?
This Is the Moment for an Israeli Victory

As 28 years of frustration and futility clang to a sullen close, the time is nigh to ask, “What comes next?”
Jews and Others, There and Here

The noise, and occasionally worse, has long been part of the Jewish phenomena, and shows no sign of going away.
Trump’s Middle East Policy Revealed?

Contrary to Gerald Seib, I predict Trump’s simple throwaway lines on the Middle East will leave little residue.
Palestinians: The Nightmare of Christians

Without question, Samir Qumsieh is one of the most courageous Christian leaders in the Middle East.