In Railing against Israel, Mahmoud Abbas Helps His Sworn Rival
The PA’s anti-Jewish campaign inadvertently tells Palestinians that Hamas has it right.
December 28, 2018
The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Shows the Futility of an “Arab NATO”
The myth of a shared Arab heritage.
Over the past two years, the Trump administration has floated the idea of creating an alliance of pro-American Arab states, perhaps based on the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen. Such an organization, if it had existed five years ago, could have fielded troops to fight Islamic State or to restore order in Yemen or Syria; it could have also provided an important bulwark against Iranian expansionism. But, argues Norvell DeAtkine, similar fantasies of Arab unity possessed T.E. Lawrence in his day and Arab nationalists a generation later—and have time and again failed to deliver:
December 28, 2018
The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Shows the Futility of an “Arab NATO”
The myth of a shared Arab heritage.
For Israelis, Secular and Religious Alike, Jewishness Is as Natural as Breathing
No worries about “Jewish continuity.”
Did Maimonides Reform Jewish Law to Keep Jews Out of Islamic Courts?
A new study of Jewish law in the medieval Muslim world argues that he did.
An Ancient Persian Military Base Discovered in Northern Israel
Built for launching a campaign against Egypt.