“The Palestinians are useful to the Arab states as they are.”
A country where every bookstore sells Mein Kampf.
The other “occupation.”
The prime minister-designate is poised to invite them into his coalition.
Breaking into Assad’s toilet and establishing diplomatic relations with China.
The territory is critical to Israeli security.
Escaping both tyranny and a shortage of eligible bachelors.
Weak enemies are always preferable to strong ones.
Good news from the Golan.
The career of Patrick Seale, for decades the most important foreign apologist for the Assad family, offers a useful study in how dictatorial regimes spread propaganda.