Last Week’s Peace Agreement Sends a Clear Message to the Palestinians
And refutes notions that have shaped U.S. Middle East policy for more than half a century.
September 21, 2020
Israel’s Vulnerable New Friends Are Drawn to Its Strength
Bahrain and the UAE fear demography, Iran, and a withdrawing U.S.
Most Israelis, let alone most Americans, know little about either Bahrain or the United Arab Emirates—save that they are small and rich. Among the most salient facts about these two countries, writes Martin Kramer, is that citizens make a minority of their populations, creating a potential demographic problem far more severe than Israel’s. For other reasons too, above all their proximity to a larger, more powerful, and dangerous Iran, these nations are vulnerable. Kramer explains how these weaknesses affect their relations with the U.S., and now with the Jewish state:
September 21, 2020
Israel’s Vulnerable New Friends Are Drawn to Its Strength
Bahrain and the UAE fear demography, Iran, and a withdrawing U.S.
California’s New Ethnic-Studies Curriculum Has Nothing to Say about Iranian Jews
Only about Jewish racial privilege.
From Selling Jewish Calendars to Selling Schmutz: A Story
A fictional peddler reflects on the imponderability of anti-Semitism.