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Columnists / Middle East Briefing

There’s room for Yiddish in 21st century Zionism

For many Americans, especially Gentiles, Jewish culture is synonymous with bagels, lox, Seinfeld and preserving the memory of the Holocaust. This culture, not only lacking in-depth, is as overwhelmingly Ashkenazi…

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February 26, 2020
Middle East Briefing

Recent wildfires called the ‘Arson Intifada’

HAIFA, Israel — When we bought our apartment on the 10th floor of a new high-rise residential building in Tirat Carmel, less than a mile south of Israel’s port city…

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December 1, 2016
Middle East Briefing

Middle East’s responses to Trump victory varied

HAIFA, Israel — Initial reactions in the Middle East to Donald Trump’s election have ranged from positive and cautiously optimistic (Israel, Egypt, Jordan, parts of the Saudi family, the United…

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November 17, 2016
Middle East Briefing

Don’t take bait: Reclaiming Mosul won’t end ISIS

HAIFA, Israel — As I write this column Tuesday about 9 a.m. Dallas time, I’m watching reports from European and Middle East sources about the beginning of the attack to…

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November 3, 2016
Middle East Briefing

I’ll get back to hard news … after the holidays

HAIFA, Israel — After months of preparation, the Iraqi military, together with the U.S., Kurdish fighters, Shiite militias and the more than tacit cooperation of Iran, have started the long…

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October 20, 2016
Middle East Briefing

Why US-Israel military aid package is big deal

HAIFA, Israel — This week the U.S. and Israel signed a renewal of the MOU, or The Memorandum of Understanding, which is a 10-year defense aid package that “constitutes the…

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September 22, 2016
Middle East Briefing

Is America safer 15 years after 9/11?

HAIFA, Israel — In three days the world will be commemorating the worst single terrorist attack in history — the Sept. 11, 2001 coordinated strikes by al-Qaida against the U.S.,…

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September 8, 2016
Middle East Briefing

Serious Middle East news … or political backdrop?

HAIFA, Israel — After just over four weeks in Israel, I can categorically state that I have totally OD’d on the two news stories that seem to be on every…

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August 25, 2016
Middle East Briefing

Iran nuclear ‘deal,’ 1 short year later

SARASOTA — Exactly two weeks ago, July 14, the world hardly noticed that a year had gone by since the announcement that the P5+1 negotiation team (USA, Great Britain, Russia,…

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July 28, 2016
Middle East Briefing

Won't be lacking for content while in Israel

DALLAS — Notice the dateline on this update? A ‘dateline” tells the reader when and where the article was written. As most of you already know, I’m moving back to…

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July 14, 2016
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