Reviving a Century-Old French Plan to Partition Syria
The original nakba had nothing to do with the Zionists.
February 7, 2019
Reviving a Century-Old French Plan to Partition Syria
The original nakba had nothing to do with the Zionists.
While the borders of the modern Middle East result largely from negotiations between the French and the British to divvy up former Ottoman territory during and after World War I, the story of their origins is more complicated than often assumed. Michel Gurfinkiel examines the original French plans for Syria, and their relevance for the country’s situation today:
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Iran Takes European Hostages, Plots Terrorist Attacks—and Stays in the EU’s Good Graces
Crossing pink lines.
A Pro-Jewish State of the Union
With a strong dose of reality.
John Stuart Mill, and His Liberalism, Were Not as Secular as Often Assumed
Liberal Man of Faith?
Samuel H. Friedman: An Anti-Communist, Zionist, Synagogue-Going Socialist
The socialist in the back of shul.