In the fog of war, it isn't just the truth that falls casualty. So does common sense. Quite a few pundits seem to think that Israel lacks a strategy in Gaza. But unlike the Lebanon war of 2006, this war has been planned in advance, and every stage has been war-gamed. Here is my read …
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Hillary: Triangulation on Israel?
Martin Kramer analyzes Hillary Clinton's position on Israel, in the run-up to the 2007 elections.
Geopolitics of the Jews
In 2007, Martin Kramer flagged five future developments that could alter Israel's geopolitics. How many have come true? Almost all.
Power will not moderate Hamas
Hamas has won in Palestinian elections. That won't make it amenable to peace.
Will Princeton Intercept the Palestine Football?
On March 31, Rashid Khalidi, Columbia's Edward Said Professor, will deliver what the New York Sun has called a "job talk" at Princeton. Earlier this month, the paper reported that "Khalidi has thrown his hat into the ring for the Niehaus chair in contemporary Muslim studies at Princeton and to take charge of that university's …
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Hisham Sharabi, ad patres
I met Hisham Sharabi only once, when I was a visiting professor at Georgetown ten years ago. It was late at night, and we shared an elevator on the way out of the building. It wasn't at all memorable, yet I remember it—I suppose because I'd been reading him for so long. He died of …
The Expulsion That Never Was
Among the predictions about the war that didn't pan out, there is one that hasn't been subjected to post-war ridicule, but that very much deserves it. This is the December letter, signed by over 1,000 academics, predicting and warning against Israel's possible "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians in the "fog of war." The letter ended with …
Ignatieff’s Empire
Michael Ignatieff has a meandering piece in today's New York Times Magazine on American empire. In it, he tells us that "leaving the Palestinians to face Israeli tanks and helicopter gunships is a virtual guarantee of unending Islamic wrath against the United States." The exit from the present situation is a "United Nations transitional administration …
Profs Condemn Israel in Advance
The latest absurdity to emanate from Middle Eastern studies is an open letter suggesting that Israel might exploit a war against Saddam to engage in "ethnic cleansing" against Palestinians. (The letter, released last Wednesday, is ostensibly in support of a small group of extreme-left Israelis who issued a letter with the same message back in …
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