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Dec 5, 2023, 11:30 AM
Yom Kippur to Iraq: Wars in Years Ending in ’3
Both had profound political consequences for the politics of Israel and the US, as will the present conflict
Nov 13, 2023, 11:59 AM
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How Hamas deterred Netanyahu
He electioneered on a promise to topple Hamas, but abandoned the pledge when casualty forecasts made it too politically risky
Oct 26, 2023, 6:50 AM
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The Nazi case for Hamas
The logic equating the October 7 murders with civilian deaths in Gaza was tested in Nuremberg in the '40s. It was rejected without hesitation
Sep 26, 2023, 11:30 PM
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Golda Meir’s filtration system
Her selective hearing – and not just hers – had calamitous consequences for Israel: There's a lesson in that for today
Apr 25, 2023, 10:01 AM
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Israel from 25 to 75: The lesson is perpetual vigilance
Five months after the hubris of a giant military parade, the country faced an existential war: Today's pensive mood is reassuring
Jan 5, 2023, 10:16 PM
Barbara Walters, impresario of peace
Celebrity journalist Barbara Walters, who died last Friday at the age of 93, owed much of her fame to her interviews with Middle Eastern leaders. These included the Shah of Iran, Saddam Hussein, Mu‘ammar Qaddhafi, King Hussein of Jordan,...
Dec 2, 2022, 12:30 PM
Israel boycotters convene in Denver
As you read this, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) is meeting in its annual conference, the first since its membership passed a resolution calling for the academic boycott of Israeli universities. These universities, so the resolution claims, are “imbricated” by “their provision...
Apr 1, 2022, 6:13 PM
Honey, they shrunk MESA
The membership of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has endorsed a resolution to boycott Israeli academe. The general referendum took place over nearly two months, and the final count came to 768 for a boycott, 167 against. My longtime readers won’t...
Nov 20, 2021, 12:52 AM
Ardeshir Zahedi: legend and lesson
Pahlavi Iran’s last ambassador to the United States, Ardeshir Zahedi, who died on Thursday at the age of 93, was nothing short of legendary. He was arguably the most flamboyant foreign ambassador in the history of Washington, an icon...
Jan 20, 2021, 11:11 AM
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Repudiated presidents and Israel
Some of the worst leaders of the American people, at least according to the usual measures of presidential success, have been the most effective allies of the Jewish state
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Martin Kramer is a historian of the Middle East at Tel Aviv University and the Walter P. Stern fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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