Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin: Kindred Spirits?
Two men who waited decades to come in from the margins.
November 21, 2017
Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin: Kindred Spirits?
Two men who waited decades to come in from the margins.
In the words of Jimmy Carter, the personalities of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat “were totally incompatible”; they were two men with nothing in common. The president’s characterization interpretation of the two leaders, widely accepted both now and at the time of the 1978 Camp David negotiations, inflated Carter’s own image as heroic peacemaker. But, argues Martin Kramer, Begin and Sadat actually had very similar backgrounds and career trajectories—and these similarities might have made possible their success at achieving a compromise:
November 21, 2017
Hassan Rouhani: The Iranian “Moderate” Who Has Consolidated the Power of Radical Islamists
Yet the myth persists.
The Work of a Unique Jewish Artist, Murdered by the Nazis, Finally on Display as Its Creator Intended
Charlotte Salomon’s Life? Or Theater?
A Misconceived Book Seeks to Combat Bigotry by Romanticizing Islam
Garry Wills’ Quran.
What Ancient Copper Mines Tell Archaeologists about the United Israelite Monarchy
The great controversy of biblical archaeology.