The U.S.-Israel Alliance Is Too Sturdy to Be Upended by a Presidential Election
Common interests and common values.
November 4, 2020
Fouad Ajami’s last book.
After writing books centered on Egypt, Lebanon, the Palestinians, Iraq, and Syria, the great Arab scholar Fouad Ajami tackled Saudi Arabia. His book on the subject, titled Crosswinds, did not appear until after his death in 2014. Martin Kramer examines Ajami’s assessment of this country, whose great wealth, the latter once observed, “only underlined a painful gap between what a society can buy and what it can be.”
Common interests and common values.
But American observers display moral confusion.
“You are no longer oppressed. And that is a good thing.”
Fouad Ajami’s last book.
Immeasurable patience and immense love.
After writing books centered on Egypt, Lebanon, the Palestinians, Iraq, and Syria, the great Arab scholar Fouad Ajami tackled Saudi Arabia. His book on the subject, titled Crosswinds, did not appear until after his death in 2014. Martin Kramer examines Ajami’s assessment of this country, whose great wealth, the latter once observed, “only underlined a painful gap between what a society can buy and what it can be.”
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