‘The Neck and the Sword’ is Rashid Khalidi’s distortion of history
The Palestinian intellectual is in denial of the long history of antisemitism in the Muslim world.
Martin Kramer
Israel SitRep: May 3, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Announces New Senior Appointments | Fragments of Missile From Iranian Attack Found Near Arad | Members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Cell Indicated in Israeli Military Court | IDF’s...
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The 100-year-old promise
In theory, who doesn’t believe in self-determination, the idea, developed in the 19th century, that all nations have a right to sovereignty? By the early 20th century,...
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What’s Next for Egypt?
The Muslim Brotherhood, which won the presidency Saturday, sees itself as a corrective to modern Egyptian life
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Grand Strategy
Contrary to Washington wisdom, Israel is a clear strategic asset to the United States.
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Eclipsed
Until January of this year, U.S. policymakers and American allies feared what Jordan’s King Abdullah II had dubbed the “Shia crescent.” The thinking was that as Iran’s pow...
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Showdown at the United Nations
The Israeli-Palestinian clash comes to Turtle Bay.
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Hezbollah’s Agenda in Lebanon
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The Appeasers
Winston Churchill: “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
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The Syria-Iran Alliance
In recent years, a number of erroneous notions have been re-injected into the policy discourse on the thirty-year old alliance between Syria and Iran. Statements such as "prying Syria away from I...
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Why Won’t Obama Talk About Columbia?
Barack Obama does not want to talk about Columbia. Not even to his good friends at the New York Times, who’ve so reliably helped him bleach away his past — a past neck-deep in the har...
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Divided They Stand: The Syrian Opposition
His son and successor, Bashar, has failed to manage these divisions. Unfavorable international conditions, colossal foreign policy failures, and a precarious economy have left the regime wi...
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Sorting Out the Real Moderates
In a rare media moment, a terror apologist meets his match.