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US intelligence chief John Negroponte recently presented an updated situation assessment regarding the Middle East. Its essence: Strategic change needed due to Iran’s growing influence in the region over and beyond the threat inherent in Tehran’s nuclear project. Saddam’s and…
read moreThe year was 1917. At the beginning of the spring semester, the Harvard Crimson reported that 1,000 undergraduates were ready to enlist in the Reserve Officers’ Training Program (ROTC), including students from the law school, from other graduate schools, and…
read moreIn January 2005, an international working definition of anti-Semitism was accepted for the first time since the term was coined in the late 19th century. This definition, approved in June 2005 at a conference in Cordoba, Spain, is the result…
read moreIsrael is missing a great opportunity to change the international diplomatic discourse on the Palestinian issue. The lasting anarchy within the Palestinian Authority and the imminent civil war among the various militias presents Israel with the opportunity to undermine the…
read moreDavid Hirsh on the increasing respectability of anti-semitism & anti-Zionism David Hirsh, a British sociologist and democratic leftist, is a co-founder of Engage, which was originally formed in 2005 to help mobilize opposition to the AUT blacklist of Israeli academics…
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The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved by: Alan Dershowitz August 17, 2005 List Price: $22.95 SPMEMart/Amazon.com’s Price: $16.29 You Save:$6.66 (29%) Prices subject to change. Professor Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School has followed up…
read moreA real dialogue would have been better President Carter’s speech at Brandeis University on Tuesday should have been a real debate. Instead, it was a one-way dialogue with pre-screened questions and no rebuttals. Had Carter allowed the dialogue he says…
read morehttp://www.meforum.org/article/1633 Jimmy Carter’s engagement in foreign affairs as a former president is unprecedented in U.S. history. Because he regards the Arab-Israeli conflict as among Washington’s most important foreign policy topics, he has written more than two dozen articles and commentaries…
read moreThe current discussions about the future of American foreign policy in the Middle East touch directly upon Israel-U.S. relations. U.S. policymakers, however, have not yet given enough consideration to the unprecedented weight that the European Union increasingly exerts in the…
read moreIt is hard to criticize an icon. Jimmy Carter’s humanitarian work has saved countless lives. Yet his life has also been shaped by the Bible, where the Hebrew prophets taught us to speak truth to power. So I write. Carter’s…
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