Alon Ben-Meir
ARTICLES BY: Alon Ben-Meir
Yemen’s Calamity of Damning Proportions
It is hard to imagine that along with the catastrophe that has been inflicted on Syria for the past six years, another calamity is unfolding...
The French Role in Ending the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Over the years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been characterized -- and for good reasons -- as the most intractable and irreconcilable conflict since the Second World War. Every day,...
50 Years Later: An Open Letter to Mahmoud Abbas
Dear President Abbas, Last week, I sent an open letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu, criticizing him in the strongest terms for pursuing policies that prolong the...
The Unfinished Six-Day War: An Open Letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu
Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, When you celebrated the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Six-Day War, did you ponder what this triumph has done to the...
Fifty Years of Immoral Occupation
This week, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank reached the milestone of 50 years; it is a legacy that will be recalled in shame. Fifty years...
Trump’s Mideast Visit: Much Ado About Nothing
Sadly, President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East only confirmed my skepticism about what might come out of it. Trump went to the region...
Israel’s Political Disunity Enables Settlement Policy
Israel will soon reach the grim milestone of 50 years of occupation of the West Bank. Many Israelis have become complacent, and have succumbed to the...
Trump’s Syria Policy: Strikes Are a Good Start
US President Donald Trump’s unexpected attack on Syria’s Shayrat airbase -- in response to President Bashar Assad’s sarin gas attack on his own citizens --...
Why Now Is the Time for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
In recent weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been warning about the threat that Iran poses, now that Bashar al-Assad has won the war in...
Erdogan Exploits Islam for Personal and Political Gain
Anyone who follows Turkish President Erdogan’s political career cannot escape the conclusion that he has carefully and systematically crafted policies framed in Islamic clothing. He...
How Moving the US Embassy to West Jerusalem, While Denying Israel’s Sovereignty Over East Jerusalem, Could Inject New Life Into the Peace Process
If President Trump fulfills his campaign promise to relocate the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, there will be major regional and international repercussions. The Trump administration...
Erdogan: A Classic Case of How Power Corrupts
Much has been written on the endemic corruption in Turkey that involves virtually every social stratum -- including political, judicial, government administration, private sector, civil society, business...
Erdogan’s Lust for Power Is Destroying Turkey’s Democracy
This is the first in a series of articles based in part on eyewitness accounts about the rapidly deteriorating socio-political conditions in Turkey, and what...
The Shortcomings of the Positive Paris Peace Conference
The peace conference that took place on January 15 in Paris was positive in many ways. The concluding declaration that emerged from the summit pointed...
World Council of Churches Endorses Palestinian Protests Over Temple Mount Security Measures
Turkish President Erdogan Resumes Incitement Against Israel Over Temple Mount Crisis
Grief and Defiance as Israel Lays 3 Members of Salomon Family, Murdered by Palestinian Terrorist, to Rest
Why Jews Everywhere Should Be Helping Egypt’s Christians
Netanyahu Pledges to Defuse Tensions With Jordan Following Shooting at Israeli Embassy in Amman