Thomas Friedman Lectures About Lying

The problem is that the columnist himself seems to disagree with his own words.
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.
Biden Administration Will Likely Seek to Make Its Own Stamp on Mideast, Say Experts

Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky, a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, states it is safe to assume that the incoming president’s initial energies will be internally focused due to the coronavirus and the economy. In addressing the Mideast, the priority is likely to focus on Iran and the nuclear deal, followed by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Still Stuck in a Time Warp

Only at the United Nations is the Palestinian question still regarded as the key to regional, if not global, peace, when that view has become an anachronism everywhere else.
138 Nations in UN Pass 7 Anti-Israel Resolutions; Declare Temple Mount Exclusively Muslim

The UN condemned Israel with seven resolutions, one of which was submitted by the president of Syria who has killed over 100,000 people, many by chemical weapons.
The Real Netanyahu (and Trump) Dilemma

And this brings us to the real “Netanyahu Dilemma.” The real dilemma embittering the lives of the foreign policy elites is not whether to give the Nobel Peace Prize to men they hate.
‘So What’? Foreign Policy and the 2020 Election

It is such a basic thing to say, but perhaps it needs saying: Even if you oppose all foreign aid and all foreign military commitments, the rest of the world cannot be treated as an afterthought, or as something to ignore entirely.
Could Lebanon’s First Negotiations with Israel in Decades Lead to Normalization?

“It might be a first sign for peace that could maybe happen in the future,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week. But he warned that “there will be no peace with Lebanon as long as Hezbollah is in control of it.”
Arrest Sheds New Light on Joint Hizballah/Quds Force Terror Unit

The program fits in well with Hizballah and Iran’s agenda of using human shields to protect offensive capabilities designed to target Israeli civilians.
Cancelled Palestine Conference Promised Violent, Anti-Israel Propaganda

But Palestine Writes promised something different — an attempt to showcase the greatest, big-name writers of fiction, poetry, and other kinds of “creative” writing who specialize in clever anti-Israel propaganda and nuanced promotion of violence.