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Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a professor of international relations and Middle Eastern Studies at New York University. He is also a journalist/author and writes a weekly syndicated column for United Press International, which appears regularly in US and international newspapers. Email: alon@alonben-meir.com
The peace agreement between Israel and the UAE lays the foundation for a future Israeli-Arab alliance, which has been quietly developing behind the sc
Read More »While tens of thousands of Yemeni men, women and children are dying from starvation and disease, the world is shamelessly watching with deafening sile
Read More »The Palestinian conflict is dangerously eroding Israel’s moral standing as the public’s alarming complacency is ever growing As the Isr
Read More »The US and the EU will make a mockery out of the virtues of morality and human rights they preach unless they stop Erdogan’s outrageous criminal
Read More »Tragically, the entire international community has failed miserably to muster the moral courage to end the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of men,
Read More »Erdogan’s decision to withdraw Turkey from the 2011 Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence Against Women is by far t
Read More »The result of the fourth election in two years clearly points to the dysfunction of Israel’s political system and the many fault lines of Israel
Read More »It is hard to fathom how in a country that boasts about its technological advancements, scientific breakthroughs, economic prosperity, and military pr
Read More »The Biden administration’s new Middle East strategy is forcing regional powers to reassess their geostrategic interests and act in a manner that
Read More »Regardless of how the current and future violent conflicts between Israel and the Palestinians in Jerusalem will end, there will be no Israeli-Palesti
Read More »The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will never be settled through violence. Both sides must wake up and decide whether to chart a new path leading to a m
Read More »No one should have the illusion that once a ceasefire is established, Israel and the Palestinians should or can negotiate a peace agreement. Given the
Read More »There has never been an Israeli government representing the entire political spectrum from the extreme left to the extreme right. This offers a rare c
Read More »Every Israeli will sooner than later realize that the creation of a Palestinian state is the only way by which Israel can protect its democracy, indep
Read More »This is a summary of a major proposal that documents the need to establish an Israeli-Palestinian confederation that is dictated by the realities on t
Read More »Although the Palestinians have every right to establish an independent state of their own, nothing has so tragically undermined their cause in the eye
Read More »It takes bold US leadership to effect a change in the Israeli-Palestinian discourse, and Biden may well be the right president at the right time that
Read More »The Israeli argument against the establishment of a Palestinian state on the grounds of national security concerns is baseless as it not only defies t
Read More »Dear President Erdogan, I send this open letter to you because it pains me to see a country like Turkey, which could have reached the pinnacle of p
Read More »Righting the Wrong Israel’s repeated threats to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities irrespective of any outcome in the negotiations in Vie
Read More »No people have ever risen from the ashes of near-extinction to form a country and achieve the height of development in every walk of life like Israel.
Read More »The long-anticipated indictment of Prime Minister Netanyahu has finally come to pass. For three years, Netanyahu spared no effort to scuttle three cri
Read More »Those who applaud the assassination of General Soleimani seem to simply equate him to a terrorist who certainly deserved to meet his fate. The questio
Read More »Since the Second Intifada in 2000, the Israelis have been steadily moving to the right-of-centre. Successive Israeli governments have made national se
Read More »I have long maintained that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank defies the moral principle behind the creation of the state. Contrary to Prime
Read More »Four ethical theories—Kantian, utilitarian, virtue-based, and religious—demonstrate the lack of moral foundation in the continuing Israeli
Read More »It is said where are two Jews, there are three opinions. And in the state of Israel, there is yet another version: where there are five Jews, there ar
Read More »Given that Israel and Hamas collaborate both publicly and tacitly on multiple fronts, one would think they would finally realize that they are stuck a
Read More »Regardless of the intensity of the current conflict between the Biden administration and Saudi Arabia, their long history of military alliance and sha
Read More »Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, or Iran deal) was sadly based on a lack of understanding of its
Read More »Much has been said and written about Trump’s disgraceful pointed “advice” to Prime Minister Netanyahu not to allow two duly elected
Read More »Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to call for an early election, scheduled to take place on 9 April, was really nothing short of anoth
Read More »Over the past three decades I wrote more than two hundred articles about Israel, envisioning it to be a democratic state, independent and free, a cham
Read More »Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from Syria is extremely reckless and is bound to backfire in more than one way. To make such a decision,
Read More »The cold-blooded killing of the journalist Khashoggi, however gruesome, pales compared to the brutality and gross human rights violations Saudi Arabia
Read More »With Syria’s civil war nearing an end with the takeover of the city of Idlib by Assad’s forces and his allies, I do not expect that Syria
Read More »I maintain that regardless of the political, strategic, demographic, and regional vicissitudes, the two-state option remains the only viably sustainab
Read More »Last week I conducted a panel discussion about Turkey under the leadership of Erdogan. The day before the event, we were alerted that several of Erdog
Read More »Much of what Israel and the Palestinians are experiencing today has befallen them under Netanyahu’s leadership. He believes that the Palestinian
Read More »The nearly three months of demonstrations by Palestinians along the Israel-Gaza border under the banner of the “Ma
Read More »The reelection of Turkey’s President Erdogan, falsely considered to be free, fair and representative of the will of the majority of the Turkish
Read More »Any protracted conflict can come to an end under certain circumstances that either evolve over a period of time or are precipitated by one side or the
Read More »Dear M. Haniyeh and Sinwar; I am writing this letter to you in the wake of the latest confrontation between Palestinian demonstrators and the Israe
Read More »The re-election of Egypt’s President Sisi came as no surprise. Despite irregularities at some polling stations, President Sisi won handedly beca
Read More »President Trump’s characterization of the US attack on specific Syrian chemical storage and research facilities as “mission accomplished&r
Read More »The recent violation of Israel’s air space by an Iranian drone and Israel’s retaliation against Syrian and Iranian targets prompted many o
Read More »The United States has been and remains the staunchest supporter of Israel, and its unqualified support will cause significant damage to Israel’s
Read More »It is hard to fathom why Turkey’s President Erdogan, who embarked on the most impressive social, political, and economic reforms during his firs
Read More »The geopolitical developments in the Middle East over the past fifteen years have created new political and security dynamics engendered by
Read More »I was in Israel when Trump made his announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Initially, I thought Israelis would pour o
Read More »The egregious violation of freedom of the press in Turkey has reached a mammoth proportion that places Turkey among the most oppressive nations for jo
Read More »The Iraqi Kurds’ referendum that was conducted several weeks ago won an overwhelming majority in favour of independence, but was rejected by muc
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