Iran Tests Its Enemies’ Resolve
The U.S. and Israel must respond firmly.
February 15, 2018
“One of the dumbest ideas in the annals of U.S foreign policy.”
In 1998, the lay chairman of the Holocaust Memorial Council—which supervises the Washington, DC Holocaust Museum—invited Yasir Arafat to pay the museum an official visit. Walter Reich, then the museum’s director, objected strenuously to the invitation. In an interview with Rafael Medoff, he describes what happened:
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Login or SubscribeThe U.S. and Israel must respond firmly.
A U.S. congressman, an anti-Semitic bigot, and the leader of a hostile regime.
And the unlikely major who is its charismatic face.
“One of the dumbest ideas in the annals of U.S foreign policy.”
And its theology of laughter.