Yale Zussman
ARTICLES BY: Yale Zussman
Biden’s First Unforced Blunder
Even before Inauguration Day, then president-elect Joe Biden had already made his first unforced diplomatic blunder, expressing his eagerness to return to the discredited JCPOA...
Will the Palestinians Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is?
In the coming months, Congress is expected to vote on the Taylor Force Act, which would prohibit US funding of the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it...
The Palestinian Covenant Refutes the Palestinian Narrative
In recent years, the Palestinians - broadly conceived to include the Palestinian Authority, the various political and militant factions, and their supporters abroad - have...
Obama’s Foreign Policy is One of Hypocrisy and Harm
In his State of the Union Address on Tuesday evening, President Obama hailed the success of his diplomacy in addressing various global problems. Curiously,...
Failure of the Two-State Solution: A Reply to Ian Lustick
Blaise Pascal once noted, "The first moral obligation is to think clearly." In his "Two-State Illusion" (New York Times Sunday Review, Sep. 15), Ian Lustick...
A ‘P’alestinian Inconvenient Truth
In the ongoing "battle of the narratives" between Israel and the Palestinians, one minor, but telling, detail rarely gets mentioned: the Arabic alphabet, the abjad,...
“The Real WMD” – The Walt-Mearsheimer Documents – A Retrospective
Yes, I know, "WMD" usually stands for "weapons of mass destruction," but in this case the letters refer to the Walt-Mearsheimer Documents, including an article...
The Reality of Barack Obama
This election just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser. In its Friday edition, The Washington Post endorsed Barack Obama for reelection, hardly a surprise in light...