Trump, Israel, and the Return of the Western Survival Instinct
Trump did not radicalize Western politics – He re-normalized it.
Israel did not destabilize the Middle East – It survived it.
Trump did not radicalize Western politics – He re-normalized it.
Israel did not destabilize the Middle East – It survived it.
In Britain, as in Britain – there is nothing more dangerous than polite hatred.
Because when hatred comes with tea and a biscuit it is much harder to spot.
How a “Historic Peace” Became a Polite Non-Aggression Pact With a Neighbor Who Still Can’t Stand You
Perhaps this will be one of the great ironies of history: the empire that liberated the Jews – will find itself, thousands of years later, moving toward freedom because of those same Jews.
Will it end tomorrow? Probably not… Is it a process that has begun? Absolutely.
And in the Middle East, sometimes the realization that the game has changed is more dangerous than any launch
A Look at the Broad Strategic Question: Is Regime Change in Iran a Narrow Israeli Interest, or a Broader Western-Democratic Interest?
And what is behind the American claim, from the right and the left, that “Iran is a War for Israel”?
Israel is a mirror and Egypt, like many others, does not like what it sees in it.
And it came to pass in those days, when the threats from Tehran increased and the danger drew near to the limit of my endurance, and Israel resolved that she would no longer die. And she said in her heart: If I am not for myself – who is for me, and if I am for myself – what am I?
And thus will stand this one against this one the heirs of ancient Persia and the newly established Jewish state; no more tale of royal court and feasting, for if from the dust of might, knowledge and fear, no more a book sealed with feasting and joy, but an open chapter that is still being written.
Wedding shootings are not a given
It is a product of illegal weapons, lax enforcement, and unaddressed norms of power