Breaking the Idols of Oslo Made the Abraham Accords Possible
Donald Trump’s team of amateurs saw what the experts couldn’t.
December 20, 2022
Breaking the Idols of Oslo Made the Abraham Accords Possible
Donald Trump’s team of amateurs saw what the experts couldn’t.
On the American side, the three key players in one of the greatest diplomatic breakthroughs in the history of the modern Middle East seemed to have singularly insufficient qualifications: Jared Kushner was then-President Trump’s son-in-law; David Friedman and Jason Greenblatt had served as Trump’s lawyers before he entered politics. Jonathan Tobin reviews the three men’s memoirs, along with that of one of Friedman’s aides, and compares their achievements to those of their supposedly better-equipped predecessors:
December 20, 2022
The Lebanese Front in the War with Russia
Vladimir Putin in Baalbek.
Holocaust Education Is No Guarantee against Anti-Semitism
A new British study documents rising antipathy toward Jews.
How Elijah the Prophet Went from a Zealot to a Harbinger of Redemption
And became a guest at the seder.
A Glimmer of Hope for a Jewish Community in War-Torn Ukraine
The menorah of Mariupol.
