Israel Shouldn’t Get Its Hopes Up about Iraq
Any outreach to the Jewish state is a product of temporary desperation.
February 4, 2019
Why American Efforts to Train Arab Armies Have Failed, and How They Can Succeed
A cultural gap not easily bridged.
Since Anwar Sadat moved Egypt into the U.S. orbit, Washington has spent many millions of dollars to train and equip the Egyptian military, which nonetheless fought poorly in the 1991 Gulf War. Similarly, the U.S.-trained Iraqi army was swiftly routed by Islamic State in 2014 and the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen—made up of countries that have likewise received massive military assistance from the U.S. and supported by American advisers—has failed to quell the Houthi rebels there. Kenneth Pollack argues that the U.S. must rethink its approach to supporting its Arab allies:
February 4, 2019
Why American Efforts to Train Arab Armies Have Failed, and How They Can Succeed
A cultural gap not easily bridged.
Amnesty International’s Campaign against Tourism to Israel
An attempt to ignore the history of Judaism and Christianity.
Felix Nussbaum’s Artistic Depictions of the Holocaust as It Unfolded
Paintings from a Jew in hiding.
A Unique Biblical-Era Head Could Depict an Ancient King
A detailed miniature from Abel-beth-maacah.