Josh Ackerman, at The Blogs

Josh Ackerman

American-Israeli Jew and Liberal Zionist

Apr 6, 2015, 10:26 AM

In the aftermath of the interim nuclear agreement agreed to by the P5+1 and Iran in Lausanne last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has embarked upon a strategy designed to increase American skepticism of said deal in order...

Feb 26, 2014, 6:19 AM

The impending collapse of the Sykes-Picot Agreement

In 1916, British and French diplomats agreed in secret to divide the Ottoman Levant into their own spheres of influence should they prevail over the Turks in the Great War. The subsequent accord, known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, divided...

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I was born and raised outside Philly in the home of a Conservative congregational Rabbi. Grew up going to Solomon Schechter day schools and Camp Ramah summer camps. Studied Economics at Temple University before making Aliyah in 2016. IDF service in COGAT, now working in hi-tech.

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