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February 3, 2017

Stirring up Arab Outrage against a Move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem May Not be So Easy

Empty threats.

Should President Trump make good on his campaign promise to relocate America’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas and his representatives have threatened violence, an end to the PA’s recognition of and security cooperation with the Jewish state, strained U.S. relations with Arab governments, and even unrest across the Arab and Muslim world. Pinḥas Inbari suspects Abbas might not be able to follow through on his threats:

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February 3, 2017

  1. If Syrian Refugees Are the New Jews, Who Are the New Nazis?

    America’s shame is worse than anything that the protesters imagine.

  2. Stirring up Arab Outrage against a Move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem May Not be So Easy

    Empty threats.

  3. How the Islamic Enlightenment Came and Went

    How 19th- and 20th-century Muslim intellectuals, clerics, and rulers attempted to come to terms with Western civilization.

  4. With a Former Chief Rabbi in Jail, It’s Time for Israel to Rethink the Institution

    The rabbinate has lost its constituency and is losing respect as well.

  5. Judaism Returns to Sicily

    Over 500 years after its expulsion.