Reda Mansour, at The Blogs

Dec 9, 2024, 7:45 AM

What will Syria become now – Half a century of Assad family rule are over.

Just before the Syrian civil war broke out in 2010, I finished writing my doctoral dissertation on the identity of society and state in modern Syria. At the beginning of my dissertation, I wrote that all signs showed that...

Oct 15, 2024, 10:29 PM

The world needs to Help Free the Lebanese People from Hizballah

For the last twenty-five years, Hezbollah has been trying to convince the world that they are the shield of their nation, the defenders of the Lebanese people. They forced the Lebanese to call them “the resistance” and accept that...

Oct 7, 2024, 6:23 AM

Lebanon remained us: The significant political role of Middle Eastern Minorities

Sunni Muslim imam, Jewish rabbi and a Druze. Curtesy

Lebanon reminds us yet again that it is impossible to understand Middle East politics without understanding the great influence of minorities. The Western term “minorities,” implies something small and esoteric, however, the various religions, ethnic, and national communities are...

Sep 27, 2024, 12:27 AM

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It was never an Israeli-Lebanese war

Point 105 on the Israel-Lebanon border, October 18, 2010 (Elad Siton via Wikimedia)

We have never had any real border dispute or insurmountable ideological conflict, yet blood has spilled for 40 years

Aug 26, 2024, 1:21 PM

The Druze safe havens in the Middle East

Reports in Lebanon that tens of thousands of Shi'its civilians are fleeing South Lebanon fearing war between the terror organization Hezbollah and Israel. These Shi’ites are going mainly to Druze villages in Mount Lebanon. The Druze mountains in the...

Aug 15, 2024, 9:11 AM

The struggle against Antisemitism will fail if it remains a “Jewish Struggle”.

In the last thirty years, I have spoken during the Holocaust Memorial Day at different ceremonies worldwide. In every speech, I reminded people that the Holocaust is a crime against Jews but it is not only a Jewish story....

Aug 5, 2024, 3:44 PM

American Jews and Israeli Druze: Minorities pact

Last Week I accompanied the president of the Jewish Federation in Chicago Lonnie Nasatir, their CEO in Israel Ofer Bavly, and Rebecca Caspi director general of JFNA’s Israel office to the Village of Jules. We visited Shaykh Mowafaq Ṭarīf,...

Jul 31, 2024, 3:36 PM

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When 12 of your kids are killed on the soccer field

The 3 principles that guide the Druze community make it that much harder to bear Hezbollah's attack, but they also keep us going

Jul 28, 2024, 5:27 PM

The Druze Tragedy

30 Druze kids are hit in the middle of the playground in Majdal Shams by a Hizballah rocket, almost half of them are dead. These are difficult days for all Druze communities in the Middle East. We are peaceful...

Jul 14, 2024, 4:37 PM

Can trust ever be built between Israelis and Palestinians

It is hard to talk about building trust between Israelis and Palestinians after October 7th. The wounds are fresh and the pain is intolerable. Yet because we know those two people have to find a way to live together,...

About Me

Reda Mansour served as the Ambassador of Israel to Brazil, Ambassador to Panama, Ambassador to Ecuador, Deputy Ambassador in Portugal, Consul General of Israel in Atlanta, and Consul in San Francisco; at age 35 he was the youngest Ambassador in Israel's history, and the first Druze- career diplomat. He holds a Ph.D. from Haifa University where his doctoral work focused on the intellectual history of modern Syria. He also holds a master's degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and speaks five languages. Mansour was a visiting professor at Haifa University and Emory University in Atlanta. Currently he teaches Middle East Studies at Reichman University.

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