Once Again, Palestinian Leaders Have Chosen the Wrong Allies
From Nazism to Islamism, they have backed the wrong side in every global conflict.
November 30, 2015
Once Again, Palestinian Leaders Have Chosen the Wrong Allies
From Nazism to Islamism, they have backed the wrong side in every global conflict.
In inciting his constituents to violence over imagined desecrations of the al-Aqsa mosque, Mahmoud Abbas has allied his nominally secular Fatah party with radical Islam. By doing so, Amotz Asa-El notes, Abbas joins a long line of Palestinian leaders who have backed the losing (and morally bankrupt) side of every global conflict: from Amin Haj al-Husseini’s alliance with the Hitler, to Yasir Arafat’s alliances first with the Soviets and later with Saddam Hussein. Abbas’s current policy demonstrates equally poor timing:
November 30, 2015
The Coptic Pope’s Visit to Jerusalem and Why It Matters
The first such visit since the 19th century.
Rethinking the (Supposed) Conflict of Science and the Bible
It’s all about language.
Capturing the Sounds of Sephardi Music
Amernet at the Kennedy Center.
Why Did Turkey Shoot Down a Russian Plane?
Two mercurial leaders confront one another.