Alon Ben-Meir
ARTICLES BY: Alon Ben-Meir
Israel and America Should Pursue a Diplomatic Solution With Iran
Accusing Iran of being a rogue country bent on acquiring nuclear weapons, supporting extremist groups and terrorism, persistently threatening Israel, and destabilizing the region in...
Will Turkey’s Erdogan Era Come Crashing Down?
The result of the recent municipal elections in Turkey represents a major shift in public sentiment toward Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It is true...
Netanyahu’s Reelection Is a Disaster for Israel
The result of the Israeli election has demonstrated that Israel’s movement to the right is now consolidated, and that its prospective reversal to the center...
An Open Letter to Turkish Despot Tayyip Erdogan
Dear President Erdogan, Over the past year, I've had the opportunity to speak to many Turkish scholars and former government officials, the majority of whom left...
The Betrayal Of Israel’s Historic Promise
Over the past three decades, I have written more than 200 articles about Israel, envisioning it to be a democratic state, independent and free, a...
The Case Against Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to call for an early election, scheduled to take place on April 9, was nothing short of another political...
Trump’s New Year’s Gift to Putin, Rouhani, and Erdogan
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from Syria is extremely reckless and bound to backfire in more than one way. To make such...
The Democrats Must Now Help Americans, Not Attack Trump
The retaking of the House of Representatives by the Democrats will soon allow them to exercise checks and balances, and stop Republicans from going down...
America Must Not Live and Die by the Gun
When I woke up last Thursday, I was shocked once again to read about Wednesday’s mass killing of 12 people during “college night” at a...
When Erdogan’s Hooligans Came Knocking at NYU’s Door
Last week, I conducted a panel discussion about Turkey under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The day before the event, we were alerted...
The Saudi Butchery in Yemen — and the World’s Apathy
The cold-blooded killing of Jamal Khashoggi, however gruesome, pales in comparison to the brutality and gross human rights violations that Saudi Arabia is committing in...
How Turkey Is Spreading Its Radical Islamist Agenda to Europe
With less than two million people, Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, is the home of over 800 mosques. Now the Islamic...
Netanyahu Is Harming Both Israel and the Palestinians
Much of what Israel and the Palestinians are experiencing today has befallen them under Netanyahu’s leadership. He believes that the Palestinians will always pose an...
The End of the Syrian War — and the Coming War for the Spoils
Syria’s bloody war is nearing an end with the takeover of the city of Idlib by dictator Bashar al-Assad’s forces and his allies, and I do...
Columbia University Hosts Journalist Who Can ‘Understand’ Antisemitism
Mel Gibson’s Chutzpah
There Is Growing Support for Terrorists on College Campuses
Trump: US Will Respond With ‘Great Force’ if Iran Attacks Interests
Historians and Jews