What Jared Kushner doesn’t get
Israel doesn’t want peace with the Palestinians
Palestine
Saturday
Friday
The baffling oratory of Jared Kushner
Safe to say his speech in Bahrain will not solve Israel-Palestine
Tuesday
Rashida Tlaib wasn’t being anti-Semitic, but…
…she wasn’t telling the truth either
Thursday
The art of the bad deal
Jared Kushner’s peace plan is either ‘transactional’ or ‘transformational’ – either way, no one is betting it will work
Tuesday
Israel and the war of Eurovision
Gaza plays a Game of Thrones
Sunday
Why was Rashida Tlaib following an anti-Semitic Instagram account?
‘Free.Palestine.1948’ posts 9/11 conspiracy theories and memes comparing Netanyahu to Hitler
Thursday
Kushner may not be Kissinger, but at least he’s not Kerry
The personal Middle East diplomacy of the president’s son-in-law may have helped move things forward for the first time in many years
Wednesday
Is Benny Gantz the man who could topple Netanyahu?
A former general has emerged as a challenger to the Israeli Prime Minister
Wednesday
Why aren’t Democrats denouncing Rashida Tlaib’s blatant anti-Semitism?
She went after people who support anti-BDS legislation for who they are
Tuesday
Boycott Christmas!
Don’t be fooled by the Zionist narrative!
Thursday
The scramble for the Middle East: Britain and America fall out
Lords of the Desert: Britain’s Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East by James Barr reviewed
The scramble for the Middle East: Britain and America fall out
One of the many pleasures offered by Lords of the Desert, which narrates the rivalry between Britain and the United States in the Middle East from the end of the second world war through to 1967, is the quotations that are liberally strewn across its pages. They have been culled from memoirs or official documents unearthed in British or US archives and testify to the research that has gone into this dense but consistently fascinating account. Some reveal the deep complacency of influential individuals. Ralph Brewster, an American senator who undertook a round- the-world tour in August 1943 to investigate the progress of the war and report to President Franklin
Thursday
Why is this Israeli drama such a hit with Palestinians? Because it tells the truth
‘The rule in our household is: if a TV series hasn’t got subtitles, it’s not worth watching,’ a friend told me the other day. Once this approach would have been both extremely limiting and insufferably pompous. In the era of Netflix and Amazon Prime, though, it makes a lot of sense. There’s something about English-speaking TV — especially if it’s made in the US — that tends towards disappointment. Obviously there have been exceptions: The Sopranos; Band of Brothers; Breaking Bad; Game of Thrones. But too often, what’s missing is that shard of ice in the creative heart that drama needs if it’s to be truly exceptional. American drama is
