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Benjamin Kurzweil

Jan 23, 2021, 9:09 PM

The Abraham Accords (poem)

May He who makes peace in His high places grant peace upon us עוֹשֶֹה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶֹה שָׁלוֹם עָלֵינוּ I wish I had a crystal ball. I would be able to see it all. Always blood in the land. No more blood in the...

El Mehdi Boudra

Jan 17, 2021, 3:12 PM

The Moroccan exception should become an expectation

Israeli national security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat (2nd-L) and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (3rd-L) meet with Moroccan King Mohammed VI (C), at the royal palace in Rabat, Morocco, December 22, 2020. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

My country approached Israel with fairness and reason; now, Israel can do the same for the Palestinians, to achieve another historic compromise

Jan 14, 2021, 3:31 PM

Understanding the Wave of Normalization in the Middle East

Recent developments in the Middle East signify major, and positive, changes in regional dynamics and balances. Four Arab countries—the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco—have established, or are in the process of establishing, diplomatic relations with Israel;...

Dec 27, 2020, 8:59 PM

The Spirit of Morocco

Our daughter recently encountered her first Crembo. When asked to rate the treat, she responded with shining eyes, “from Morocco!” She cannot be blamed for this inaccuracy. In her three years of life, she has come to understand that all...

Dec 24, 2020, 1:46 AM

Now I've been happy lately, Thinkin' about good things to come And I believe it could be Something good has begun So everybody jump on the Peace Train Come on now, Peace Train Next stop we make will be UAE Tell all the folks in Morocco,...

Dec 22, 2020, 7:39 AM

A Reminder from a Fellow Moroccan

Jewish Moroccan history is a rich history that can be appreciated in Morocco and around the world for reasons that include seeking coexistence, however, is a political stance, it must not be used to deafen, redefine other experiences that...

Dec 21, 2020, 12:47 AM

The Seed of Education: A Personal Narrative from Small Town Morocco

“But Teacher, it is known that all of those who call themselves Israeli today are just descendants of European colonizers or are colonizers themselves.” I don’t really remember how this conversation started. The topic of Israel and Palestine didn’t...

Dec 20, 2020, 3:27 PM

Historic peace is the fruit of the Netanyahu Doctrine

US President Donald Trump watches as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from the Truman Balcony at the White House during the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Fueled by President Trump's Mideast policy, the PM's tenets of 'peace through strength' and 'peace (not land) for peace' are transforming the region

Dec 20, 2020, 12:43 PM

An opportunity to change the cycle of hate

A Jordanian teacher talks to Syrian refugee students at a school in Amman, Jordan, September 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahmad Alameen)

How the Arab and Muslim world perceives Jews and Israel is being influenced for the better by recent changes to school textbooks

Dec 19, 2020, 1:48 PM

Mahmoud Abbas you have nothing to say to us

I along with the world have realized that during the week that saw Morocco and Israel restore bilateral ties to advance diplomacy; President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority has remained surprisingly silent. After the Palestinian Authority blasted the...

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