A Saudi Scholar Lays the Religious Groundwork for Normalization with Israel
And proposes a new Islamic approach to international relations.
July 13, 2022
One of few extant fragments of the Orit.
In 1991, thanks to the IDF’s Operation Solomon, Askabo Meshiha escaped Ethiopia with his family, but had to leave behind many possessions, including a manuscript of the book of Psalms written in Ge’ez—the liturgical language of the country’s Jews and Orthodox Christians. A few months ago, the family retrieved it. Cnaan Liphshiz tells the story:
And proposes a new Islamic approach to international relations.
Tehran has been developing such weapons for decades.
Doing so would signal that Israel’s allies have lost the argument.
A reminder of 19th-century Anglo-Jewish attitudes to new immigrants from Eastern Europe.
One of few extant fragments of the Orit.
In 1991, thanks to the IDF’s Operation Solomon, Askabo Meshiha escaped Ethiopia with his family, but had to leave behind many possessions, including a manuscript of the book of Psalms written in Ge’ez—the liturgical language of the country’s Jews and Orthodox Christians. A few months ago, the family retrieved it. Cnaan Liphshiz tells the story:
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