How Egypt Uses Israel’s Desire for Normalization as a Bargaining Chip
Forty years of cold peace.
April 1, 2019
The Less-Told Story of the Holocaust in North Africa
What happened to the 470,000 Jews who lived there?
While the Nazi program of extermination never reached North Africa in full force, most of the region’s Jews found themselves in one way or another under Axis control, and suffered a great deal as a result. Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia were all French colonies when World War II broke out, and thus came under Vichy rule; Libya was an Italian colony even before the war. Reviewing a recent collection of scholarly essays on the subject, edited by Aomar Boum and Sara Abrevaya Stein, Lawrence Rosen writes:
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Iran Completes Its Route to the Mediterranean with a Strategic Port in Syria
Latakia.
In Ukraine, a Pro-Israel President Faces Off against a Jewish Comedian
Jews, Israel, and the Ukrainian election.
The Less-Told Story of the Holocaust in North Africa
What happened to the 470,000 Jews who lived there?
A Newly Discovered Clay Seal May Have Belonged to a Minor Biblical Character
Nathan-Melekh, servant of King Josiah.