Israel’s Relations with Its Arab Neighbors and Its Arab Citizens Are Undergoing Normalization. Could the Palestinians Be Next?
The pandemic created a sense of unity between Jewish and Arab Israelis.
April 28, 2021
A New Book Debunks the Myth That Blames the U.S. for Iran’s Woes
The fall of the shah.
In his memoirs, the CIA agent and anti-Israel activist Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. wrote that his office played a significant role in engineering a 1953 coup d’état in Iran that restored power to the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. While his account has long been held up as a model of the dangers of American meddling abroad, or even a justification for the “Death to America!” chants so beloved by Iran’s current regime, a new history by Ray Takeyh shows that Roosevelt greatly inflated his own role in events. Joshua Muravchik writes in his review:
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A New Book Debunks the Myth That Blames the U.S. for Iran’s Woes
The fall of the shah.
According to Human Rights Watch, Palestinians Have a Right to Murder Jews, but Israel Has No Right to Defend Itself
A new level of slander.
Prince Philip and His Jewish Best Friend
A historian of Jewish photography recalls an interview with the late prince.
A 1,600-Year-Old Mosaic Unearthed in Northern Israel
With colorful, geometric patterns.