The Biden Administration Shouldn’t Try to Solve the Israel-Palestinian Conflict—because It Can’t Be Solved
When Palestinian leaders want an actual state, then they can have one.
November 24, 2020
The Syrian Prime Minister Who Was a French Double Agent and Tipped Off Zionist Leaders about British Plans
Jamil Mardam Bey.
In 1945, Britain and France were rivals for control over the Middle East, and the former hoped to keep the Land of Israel under the authority of a friendly Arab ruler, while expanding its influence into the French protectorate of Syria. The British had at the time recruited Jamil Mardam Bey, a senior minister in the Syrian government, to work for them. When French intelligence caught him, they managed to turn him to their side. Meir Zamir, drawing on newly revealed archival materials, discovered something surprising about this relationship:
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The Syrian Prime Minister Who Was a French Double Agent and Tipped Off Zionist Leaders about British Plans
Jamil Mardam Bey.
Sukkot, the Tower of Babel, and Bringing Nazi War Criminals to Justice
Gog and Magog at Nuremburg.
Preserving the Remnants of the Jewish Middle East Online
Diarna’s digital museum.
A Jewish Poet’s Post-Holocaust German
The language of Paul Celan.