It Will Take More Than Words to Deter Iran
Shooting missiles at American soldiers shouldn’t go unpunished.
February 18, 2021
A culture of dependency rather than resourcefulness.
Analyzing the current realities of the Middle East, and acknowledging that the Arab-Israeli conflict has come to an end, two Anglo-Palestinian scholars—Hussein Agha and Ahmad Samih Khalidi—call for a major rethinking of Palestinian national goals and priorities. While Agha and Khalidi make some dubious assertions, such as the claim that “each credible ‘peace’ formula ends up . . . offering less [!] to the Palestinians than the one before,” they also put forth such concrete proposals as the formal restructuring of Palestinian national institutions and the pursuit of “soft” rather than “hard sovereignty.” But most importantly they urge a fundamental change in attitude:
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Login or SubscribeShooting missiles at American soldiers shouldn’t go unpunished.
A culture of dependency rather than resourcefulness.
Killing Lokman Slim was a way to test Western resolve.
Michael Gold, literary hatchet man.
The harsh one.