1967 and memory
How did the outcome of 1967 change the way Arabs think about themselves and the world? It was the late Malcolm Kerr, one of America’s leading Arabists at the time, who perfectly summarized the...
View ArticleIsrael likes its U.S. presidents strong
The Wall Street Journal ran a symposium over the weekend about world reactions to Obama’s Syria turnaround. I wrote the contribution on Israel. Many aspects of the “turnaround,” especially the enhanced...
View ArticleWas “Censored Voices” censored?
This post first appeared at the Commentary blog on November 24. Censored Voices, the manipulative documentary film by Israeli director Mor Loushy on the Six-Day War, had its U.S. theatrical release...
View ArticleMLK and the Six-Day War
As veteran readers of this blog are aware, over the years, I’ve researched Martin Luther King, Jr. and Israel, and twice reported my findings. I traced King’s famous quote on anti-Zionism, and revealed...
View ArticleIn the words of Martin Luther King…
“When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You’re talking anti-Semitism!” —Martin Luther King, Jr. Aptly quoting Martin Luther King, Jr. is a common way to make a point or win an argument, and...
View ArticleBen-Gurion and land for (true) peace
In the film Ben-Gurion: Epilogue, Israel’s founder is made to seem eager to exchange territory for peace. That was in 1968, when he was 82 and long out of power. We see him say this to an interviewer:...
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