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Between Barack, Bibi, and Tayyip
There has been much ink spilled in the last week over the rapprochement between Israel and Turkey. I have been somewhat reluctant to weigh-in if only because I was fairly certain that reconciliation...
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Weekend Reading: 1967 Borders, Sectarianism in Egypt, and the Options for Iran
Dahlia Scheindlin evaluates the pragmatism of Ghazi Hamad, Deputy Foreign Minister of Gaza, who publicly recognized the 1967 borders last week. Tarek Osman provides his insight on the sectarian issue...
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Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Revolutionary Symbols, Religious Tolerance on the...
Muftah analyzes the Muslim Brotherhood’s appropriation of revolutionary symbols, such as the Ultras, to claim popularity among the youth in Egypt. Egypt Monocle discusses Salafyo Costa, a group...
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Weekend Reading: Israeli Identity, Sheikh of the Sinai, and Turkey’s Tumult
J.J. Goldberg, writing on his blog at The Forward, discusses the Israeli religious ministry’s new “Jewish Identity Administration.” Moustafa Amara interviews Sinai tribal council head Sheikh Ali Freij...
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Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Economy, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, and Greening the...
Matt Phillips, writing for Quartz, provides some startling figures about Egypt’s economy following the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. Kadri Gursel examines the Islamization of Turkey’s...
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Turkey: Spies Like Us
I co-authored this piece with my friend and colleague, Michael Koplow, author of the blog Ottomans and Zionists. Ehud Barak’s political instincts have never been great, but his security instincts are...
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Weekend Reading: Cairo’s Communities, Israel and Iran, and Aid to Egypt
Tadamun takes a look at one of the oldest urban communities in Cairo’s Giza governorate, Mit ‘Uqba. Jonathan Tobin says that the answer to the question of whether Israel will strike Iran is not to be...
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Yasser Arafat: Dead Again
With all the important news going on in the Middle East this past week, Al Jazeera took time out to remind its audience that Yasser Arafat is still dead. It has been nine years since the Palestinian...
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Weekend Reading: Shubra Happenings, Lebanon’s Bombs, and America’s “Power...
Sofia Fenner and Mohammed Talaat explore how Morsi’s ouster is changing Shubra. Thanassis Cambanis isn’t too worried about Lebanon. Martin Kramer hopes for the perpetuation of American power, but...
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Arik Einstein: Poster Child, Culture God
My cousin, Ari Lieberman, is a keen observer of arts and culture in Israel. With the passing of Arik Einstein last week, I thought readers would be interested in Ari’s take on the life and work of...
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Settlement Impossible
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the never-ending peace process are back. Not that they ever went away, but the conflict has gotten far more newsprint and bandwidth in the last week or so than it...
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Weekend Reading: Sudanese Refugees in Jordan, Egyptian Insults, and Living...
IRIN reports on Jordan’s neglected refugees. Mada Masr presents “Lexicon of a revolution’s insults,” which looks at new terms and labels invented after the Egyptian uprising of January 25. For those...
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Weekend Reading: The King of the Kurds, Sexual Violence in Egypt, and...
Sarah Carr, writing for Mada Masr, offers an in-depth and graphic look at sexual assault and the Egyptian state. J.J. Goldberg explores the triggers to an “unintended” war in Gaza. In an interview to...
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On the Death of a Friend in Israel
On the Death of a Friend in Israel My friend Elhanan Harlev died on July 1st after a long illness. We had an odd friendship. He was an Israeli by way of Germany and Argentina. I am a kid from Long...
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The Last Great Myth About Egypt
This article was originally published here on ForeignPolicy.com on Monday, July 21, 2014. In the 1970s, Henry Kissinger fell in love with Anwar Sadat. To Kissinger, the Egyptian president “had the...
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Weekend Reading: Gaza
Eitan Chitayat on being under fire in Tel Aviv. Rami Almeghari on being under fire in Gaza. Gaza and the Israeli coast from outer space.
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Salvaging Abbas
This article was originally published here on TimesOfIsrael.com on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Almost from the start of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the commentariat has been seized with the idea of...
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Weekend Reading: Israel’s Left Wing, Islamist Rivalries, and Instability in...
Orit Bashkin examines the role of the radical Israeli left. Ali Mamouri, writing for Al-Monitor, explores why the Islamic State and other fundamentalist Salafi groups refuse to support Hamas. Filmmaker...
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Weekend Reading: Houthi Rebels, Orthodox Intelligence, and Combative Kurdish...
Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani finds that Yemen is becoming polarized between the Shia Houthi rebels and the Sunni Islah Islamist party. J. J. Goldberg looks at the rising influence of the right in Israel’s...
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Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Informers, Algeria’s Political Complexities, and The...
Belal Fadl characterizes Egypt as a state-sponsored nation of informers. Anna Jacobs explores the complexities of the Algerian political system. Yael Even-Or dismisses the claim that another intifada...
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