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December 26, 2024

The Incoming President’s Middle East Adviser and His Ties to Pro-Hizballah Politics

Massad Boulos is no danger, so long as he isn’t taken too seriously.

On December 1, Donald Trump announced the appointment of Massad Boulos as his senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. Boulos is what would be called in Yiddish the president-elect’s mekhuten—that is, his son is married to Trump’s daughter—and helped court Arab voters during the campaign. Seth Mandel dives into the conflicting reports about Boulos’s employment and finances, and other facts about his background:

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December 26, 2024

  1. Egyptian Textbooks Are Cutting Down on Anti-Semitism

    Holocaust denial remains, but there are fewer references to “Jewish treachery.”

  2. Is Turkey Emerging as the Biggest Threat to Israel, or as an Indispensable Ally?

    A debate.

  3. The Incoming President’s Middle East Adviser and His Ties to Pro-Hizballah Politics

    Massad Boulos is no danger, so long as he isn’t taken too seriously.

  4. The Angular Menorah’s Rejection of the Graeco-Roman Aesthetic

    Maimonides, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and a medieval diagram.

  5. Poor Jews Tend to Be the Most Disconnected from Jewish Life

    And other findings about Jews without money.