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Netanyahu continues to look the other way as pressure mounts

Thousands of young people marched in Tel Aviv over the weekend…
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With his Jerusalem play, Trump grasps a nettle others feared

President Donald Trump made a historic announcement on Wednesday,…
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Tel Aviv releases classified documents of the Six Day War

On the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, the Israeli government…
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The drums are beating for a third Lebanon war

Ever since its creation in the spring of 1948, the state of Israel…
Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser in the 1950s

Sixty years after nationalizing the Suez Canal

On this day exactly sixty years ago, Gamal Abdul Nasser nationalized…
Adolph Hitler receiving Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in Berlin during World War II.

Hitler, Benjamin, and Hajj Amin

It’s always rather fun when world leaders make historical…
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A long, hard look at 'Zionism in Damascus'

A healthy debate is currently underway within some Syrian…
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Abu Mazen isn't finished, just yet

The last thing Mahmoud Abbas needed was a pat on the back from…
President Jimmy Carter being interviewed by Sami Moubayed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus, December 2008.

President Jimmy Carter speaks to Sami Moubayed

I asked young Syrians, all born after the Carter years, what…
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Avanti, Kadima, and Sharon

The sad truth is the Arabs will not benefit if the ailing Israeli…