Israeli-Palestinian Peace: The Stakes High As Ever In Elections
As Israel prepares for the parliamentary election in September, its second in five months, most national security experts, politically savvy … Read more
Alon Ben-Meir
Insidious Discrimination Against The Roma People Is Europe’s Shame
Two weeks ago, a 29-year-old Roma woman was physically attacked in the middle of the day in Kosovo, after a … Read more
To Prevent Brain Drain, Kosovo Must Eradicate Corruption
On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the end of Kosovo war, the country is facing a dramatic large-scale … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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, … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more