There are two toxic words for Israeli liberal democrats, someone said at a recent meeting of Israeli and Palestinian peace activists: “genocide” and “Trump.”
I don’t intend to deal with the “genocide” question in this article….
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The Blogs: Mahmood’s £10m sermon on selective virtue | Bepi Pezzulli
When the British Home Secretary confuses her ministerial pulpit with a Friday sermon, something has gone wrong in the secular order. Shabana Mahmood’s £10 million pledge to “protect Muslim communities” was pitched as inclusivity; in…
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The Blogs: Saudi Arabia’s camel milk revolution vs. Israel’s missed ppportunity | Rafi Glick
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated over the weekend:
“If the Saudis want normalization on the condition that a Palestinian state be established — no thank you. Let them continue riding camels while we continue to…Continue Reading
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The Blogs: Q. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Mamdani? | Abe Gurko
A. Vote for Andrew Cuomo.
When inexperience meets moral arrogance, the result isn’t leadership — it’s lunacy. New York deserves better than performative politics dressed in progressive drag.
The final debate between Cuomo, Mamdani, and…
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The Blogs: The Battle for the University: Why I Chose ASMEA Over MESA | Tim Orr
This is the second year I’ve chosen to attend the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa ASMEA Conference instead of the Middle East Studies Association Conference (MESA). The first time, I made the decision guided by a…
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The Blogs: Uncle Sam Wants You! | Bennett M. Epstein
My great-Uncle Izzy, who was born in Berditchev and whose English trailed his Yiddish by at least an ocean, once sent a postcard from the Bronx to his nephew, Phil, who was serving in combat somewhere in Europe, having landed with the US Army…
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The Blogs: The Comfort Clause: Israel Decides Who Gets In | Taha A. Lemkhir
Waiting for Israel’s Comfort: Erdoğan and Tamim outside the gates of Gaza’s future, clutching old ideologies and expired leverage. Illustration generated by AI. From Arrogance to Appeasement: The Brotherhood’s Backers Beg for…
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The Blogs: A Compass Pointing Away from Truth | Sabine Sterk
When the World Forgets Its Compass: Israel and the Crisis of Moral Clarity
After the Trump-brokered Gaza Deal, the last living Israeli hostages finally came home. They were broken, pale from years without sunlight, and scarred by unthinkable…
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The Blogs: One Mahdi, Three Messiahs, Jesus and Climate Change | Allen S. Maller
Heat waves aren’t just getting worse on land, the majority of the world’s oceans are experiencing record-breaking temperatures too. These marine heat waves are getting longer, more intense and reaching farther than ever before. In…
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The Blogs: Pakistan’s Pragmatic Turn: The End of Extremist Politics | Junaid Qaiser
Something remarkable is unfolding in Pakistan — quietly, deliberately, and against all historical precedent. For a country long defined by its hard-line approach, the recent trajectory suggests not merely a policy adjustment but a…
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