Iran’s Designs on Syria Are Doomed to Fail
Shiite shrines and the tombs of Jewish prophets.
September 27, 2017
Reverse linkage.
The U.S. State Department, along with numerous pundits, academics, and policy experts, has long believed that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a prerequisite to improved relations between Israel and its neighbors, and will also lead to better American relations with the Arab world. While this theory of “linkage” has never been supported by much evidence, and has been entirely discredited in the past six years, Dennis Ross argues that its mirror image could lead, if not to peace, then to progress in that direction:
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“We have a right to be proud of the achievements of German soldiers in two world wars.”
Babatha’s Orchard.
The Jews of Djerba.