What Will a Trump Presidency Mean for the Middle East?
For Israel, it’s about more than the bilateral relationship.
November 10, 2016
Memo to the State Department: Building Houses in a Jerusalem Neighborhood Is Not Settlement Expansion
Get a map.
Last week, a U.S. State Department spokesman condemned an Israeli decision to allow the construction of residences in Jerusalem, stating that “we strongly oppose settlement activity.” But, write the editors of the Jerusalem Post, this decision by no means qualifies as “settlement activity”:
November 10, 2016
The Sykes-Picot Agreement Didn’t Create the Borders of the Modern Middle East—and Redrawn Borders Won’t Fix Its Problems
Debunking the myths.
Memo to the State Department: Building Houses in a Jerusalem Neighborhood Is Not Settlement Expansion
Get a map.
Reading the Book of Nehemiah in Light of Persian Imperial Propaganda
Striking similarities.
How Picking Mushrooms in New England Became a Jewish Tradition
Every fall, ex-Soviet Jews descend on the coast to forage.