Erdogan: No Moderate Islam

The Trump administration has two options: It can either deal with the Turkey it has or the Turkey it wished it had.
From Amman to Jerusalem

Five months ago, 28-year-old Ziv Moyal, an Israeli security officer at Israel’s embassy in Amman, was stabbed in his apartment by a Jordanian assailant, whom he shot and killed.
Calling Out Palestinian Peace Process Failures

Pursuit of arrangements between Israel and the Palestinians is not for the faint-hearted. The parties deserve honest brokerage — neutrality would be a betrayal of an ally.
Who is Finding Their Way Into American Students’ Minds?

Congress will soon re-authorize Title VI of the Higher Educational Opportunities Act, a bill that was first introduced as the National Defense Education Act of 1958.
Erdogan’s Interesting New Top Mayors

Istanbul’s new mayor had been one of the lawyers defending Islamist arsonists in what is known as the “Sivas case”.
Raqqa Report Highlights the UN’s Illogical Double Standard Against Israel

The United Nations (U.N.) was founded in 1945 upon the loftiest of principles.
The State Department Drops the Ball

By reversing course on closing the PLO mission, and groveling to the threatening PLO, the State Department made a laughingstock of the US and President Trump.
Tehran Is Winning the War for Control of the Middle East

Mohammed bin Salman, at least, appears to have signaled his intent to oppose Iran and its proxies across the Arab world.
Coddling the PLO

As with all visitors to the Holy Land, I saw many fascinating things on my first trip to Israel, now many moons ago.
Portents of Quagmires in Syria

Putin, Rouhani, and Erdogan are right that, as of now, they are the victors in Syria. But let us not empower them by believing them invincible.