On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the end of Kosovo war, the country is facing a dramatic large-scale brain drain. Every day, young professionals wait in long lines in front of EU embassies to apply for visas to […]
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Author: Alon Ben-Meir
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Netanyahu’s Defunct Strategy To Keep Hamas At Bay
Netanyahu has served as prime minister for the past 11 years, coinciding with Hamas’ rule over Gaza ever since it usurped power in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority after a brief violent confrontation between the two sides. During this period, […]
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Risk Of Israel vs. Iran’s Military Confrontation Still Looms High
This article is a short excerpt from my latest essay, Preventing an Israeli-Iran War, published in the May 2019 issue of American Diplomacy. The full-length essay is available here. Accusing Iran of being a rogue country bent on acquiring nuclear […]
The Beginning Of The End Of Erdogan’s Era
The result of the recent municipal elections in Turkey represents a major shift in public sentiment toward President Erdogan, which will have major political ramifications that will bring him down in disgrace. It is true that the economic crisis and […]
Why Netanyahu’s Re-Election Posses A Danger To The Peace Process?
The result of the Israeli election has demonstrated that the Israeli public’s movement to the right is now consolidated, and that its prospective reversal to the center and left-of-center is becoming increasingly unlikely. This outcome should give serious pause to […]
Sacrificing Greatness For Personal Ambition
An Open Letter to President Erdogan Over the past year, I had the opportunity to speak to many Turkish Imams and former government officials, the majority of whom left your country because they feared for their lives and their loved ones. […]
Freedom Of The Press In The Balkans Is Life-Threatening
Kosovo investigative journalist Parim Olluri knew the assailants who physically attacked him two years ago in front of his house, while the police and other security institutions remained silent. “I sent names to the Kosovo Police as well as to […]
The Taliban And The US: Accepting The Inevitable
The longest war in American history may come to an end following an agreement in principle between the US and the Taliban which was recently concluded in Doha. It is significant in that it is the first time the US […]
The Betrayal Of Israel’s Historic Promise
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 champion of human rights, a force of unity for world Jewry, united in its citizenry, […]
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Time To Dump Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to call for an early election, scheduled to take place on April 9, was really nothing short of another political stunt that Netanyahu has masterfully learned to employ when the time is right and he […]
