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. […]
Author: Alon Ben-Meir
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 […]
Corruption In The Balkan Countries Is Impeding EU Membership
The six Western Balkan countries – Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Albania, are “state captured” by corrupt politicians, linked with organized crime. These facts have been documented by various international reports, which are raising major concerns among […]
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Erdogan Allows Crossing Turkey’s Border To Join ISIS In Syria And Iraq
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 Erdogan’s stooges will await us to disrupt the event, and we feared that violence may […]
The Saudi Butchery In Yemen And The World’s Apathy
The cold-blooded killing of the journalist Khashoggi, however gruesome, pales compared to the brutality and gross human rights violations Saudi Arabia is committing in Yemen. The Saudis are deliberately preventing food and medicine from reaching areas where children are dying […]
Diyanet: Erdogan’s Islamic Vehicle To The Balkans
A billboard at a construction site, with a photo of an Ottoman-style mosque with four minarets and the flag of Turkey, was erected recently in the center of Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. With less than 2 million people, Kosovo, […]
Should The United States Stop Enabling Israeli Governments?
I maintain that regardless of the political, strategic, demographic, and regional vicissitudes, the two-state option remains the only viably sustainable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the one-state solution is simply a non-starter. I also maintain that successive Israeli governments, irrespective […]
