Looking Ahead at Middle East “Peace”

The U.S. has provided approximately $5 billion to the Palestinians in bilateral aid since the mid-1990s and about $540 million this year.
Turkey’s Multiple Wars

At home, the AKP is fighting tens of millions of secular Turks, atheists, Kurds, Alevis, the PKK, the DHKP-C and the clandestine network of Gülenists.
Jews Against Jews

Jews who viciously condemn the Jews—the phenomenon has, lamentably, been with us for hundreds of years.
Islamophobia: Fact or Fiction?

Edward Said leaves us with the impression that all prejudice is only on the part of the West.
The President Should Stop Questioning the Motivations of Opponents of the Iran Deal

President Obama should be seeking to elevate the tone of the national discussion.
Will Iran Follow the Soviet Example?

Predicting politics is a notoriously difficult business.
A British Petition against Bibi

The British government provides for petitions to be listed on a web site that people can sign electronically.
Push has Come to Shove

In 1994, while sitting on the patio of a friend’s home, I interviewed a rather distinguished and well-known Israeli news anchor.
Syria’s New Diplomacy

Iran and Saudi Arabia have put forward rival peace plans for Syria, but their aims are irreconcilable and no end to the conflict is in sight.
The ‘Normalizing’ of Palestinian Terrorism

A city square named after a notorious terrorist.