Arab affairs Archives - David M. Weinberg

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Six Perspectives on Peace between Israel and the Gulf States

January 6, 2021

A collection of six optimistic op-ed columns I have published since the “Abraham Accords” were signed, including three articles based on extensive conversations with Emirati intellectuals and community leaders during a week-long visit to Dubai.

Riling-up the Beduin

April 6, 2017

Radical Arab nationalists, the Islamic Movement, and the EU are provoking the Beduin to resist Israel’s benevolent development plans.

The beautification of Bashar, the veneration of Rouhani

October 31, 2013

The same "experts who once sought to sell us a "kind and gentle" Bashar Assad, are now working overtime to lionize and sanitize the new Iranian poster boy, President Hassan Rouhani.

American “fixes” for the Middle East?

August 20, 2013

With the broader Middle East making mincemeat out of Obama's hopey-changey policies and ill-advised “fixes,” one has to wonder whether American opinion or policy is the best medicine for Israel. "Bambi" of America doesn't always correctly comprehend the "Godzillas" of the Middle East.

Counting the Dead in Syria

January 3, 2013

The count of 60,000 people killed in Syria over the past 22 months is double the estimated casualty count of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the past 45 years.

R.I.P. Syria?

November 16, 2012

Ten experts at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies debate the implications of the Syrian civil war. They say: Israel should stay out of the conflict, but prepare for continued instability as Syria breaks up. A 10,000-word Jerusalem Post Magazine story written by me.

Beware of Blowback

January 1, 2012

You have to question the wisdom of dumping sophisticated weapons systems into the currently turbulent and rapidly Islamicizing Middle East.

Saudi Dissimulation

October 31, 2011

If Crown Prince Nayef wanted to lead the Arab world towards peace with Israel, he could find a way or two to express his "moderation" clearly. But the Saudis always seem to hew to the p.r. minimum.

David M. Weinberg is a think tank director, columnist and lobbyist who is a sharp critic of Israel’s detractors and of post-Zionist trends in Israel. Read more »

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Category: Arab affairs

Six Perspectives on Peace between Israel and the Gulf States

Riling-up the Beduin

The beautification of Bashar, the veneration of Rouhani

American “fixes” for the Middle East?

Counting the Dead in Syria

R.I.P. Syria?

Beware of Blowback

Saudi Dissimulation

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