Alon Ben-Meir
ARTICLES BY: Alon Ben-Meir
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...
Trump Thinks He’s Helping Israel, But He’s Actually Hurting It
President-elect Trump’s appointment of David Friedman (known for his support of settlements) to be the US ambassador to Israel; his appointment of Walid Phares (a...
The Persecution of Mideast Christians
Although Christians have lived in the Middle East for nearly 2,000 years, they now constitute no more than 3-4% of the region’s population, down from 20%...
Trump’s Daunting Foreign Challenges
If nothing else, the 2016 elections have once again reaffirmed America’s solid democratic system. Without any major incidents, tens of millions of Americans went to...
Our Moral Bankruptcy on Syria Betrays Every American Value
Much has been written about the unfolding tragedy in Syria, but how many of these unimaginable atrocities have truly reached the consciousness of the American...
Peres the Statesman vs. Netanyahu the Demagogue
The death of Shimon Peres highlights the stark difference in leadership between him and Prime Minister Netanyahu -- the difference between a statesman and a demagogue. Peres...
Erdogan Will Never Defeat the Kurds Through Violence
Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has claimed that military operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will continue until “the very last rebel is killed.” What...
For Israelis and Palestinians, ‘Hell Is Truth Seen Too Late’
Senator Bernie Sanders’ call during the primaries for a new approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was on-point and necessary. However, his plea for the...
