Josef Joffe

In politics, shoddy theories never die. In the Middle East, one of the oldest is that Palestine is the “core” regional issue. This zombie should have been interred at the beginning of the Arab Spring, which has highlighted the real…

The most durable myth in the Middle East is: “It’s Palestine, stupid.” It lies at the heart of Barack Obama’s Middle East diplomacy, which is why the president has been pummeling the Israelis and pushing the Palestinians to resume talks.…