Pulling Out of the Nuclear Deal Won’t Send Iran Rushing to Build a Bomb
As long as Washington is willing to play hardball.
April 5, 2018
Saudi Arabia Should Normalize Relations with Israel—and Not Only for Strategic Reasons
Doing so would help ensure a normal Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman made a few headlines this week when, in an interview with the Atlantic, he seemed to recognize the legitimacy of a Jewish state in the Middle East. While it is no secret that Riyadh and Jerusalem have been engaging in ever-closer cooperation due to their shared concerns about the threat from Iran, MBS (as the Saudi leader is known) has not moved toward bringing these relations out into the open. Lee Smith argues that it’s high time Saudi Arabia began initiating diplomatic relations with Israel, and not only because of dovetailing geopolitical priorities:
April 5, 2018
In Hamas’s Gaza Demonstrations, the Deaths of Palestinians Are a Feature, Not a Bug
This was not a “protest for a better future.”
Saudi Arabia Should Normalize Relations with Israel—and Not Only for Strategic Reasons
Doing so would help ensure a normal Saudi Arabia.
Albert Memmi’s Very Jewish Rejection of Postcolonial Orthodoxies
The Haggadah’s Baffling Invitation
“All who are hungry, come and eat . . . ”