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December 7, 2017
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Palestinian Violence is Not Spontaneous
There were widespread "predictions" that President Trump's decision on Jerusalem would "lead to violence." I use the quotation marks because many of those "predictions" were actually threats. When so…
May 25, 2012
Middle East and North Africa
Peace Was Not at Hand
In the Weekly Standard I commented recently on the account former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has given of the peace negotiations he led near the end of his term in office. Here are some ex…
July 22, 2015
Middle East and North Africa
Europe Goes Back to the "Peace Process"
Syria is coming apart and there are millions of Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. ISIS threatens Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq-- which is also coming apart. The new Iran nuclear deal…
April 27, 2011
A Hamas-Fatah Coalition?
Left: Khaled Meshal, leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas (Khaled Al Hariri/Courtesy Reuters). Right: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Mohamad Torokman/Courtesy Reuters). There are new…
October 4, 2023
Nigeria
An Army of Special Assistants
Why do public office holders in Nigeria increasingly appoint a large number of personal aides?
February 8, 2013
Middle East and North Africa
Is Insulting the President a Crime: Ramallah This Time
On January 23, I did a blog post here noting that in his short time in power Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi had 24 times had people jailed for the "crime" of "insulting the president." My comment t…