The West and the Middle East

The West and the Middle East

A New Middle East

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During a series of lectures and talks in several European countries about the impact of the Abraham Accords on the region, a member of the European Union's parliament told me, "The truth is that we do not understand what is going on in your Middle East, and more than that, we do not know what has   read more ...

The West Turns a Blind Eye to Palestinian Incitement in Word and Deed

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Why do so many well-meaning people committed to ending abuses of power ignore the evidence of who is actually committing these abuses and blame their victims instead? An official investigation funded by Britain and the European Union into textbooks used in Palestinian schools has descended into   read more ...

How to Get the World To Hate Israel

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As part of evaluating the competitive landscape of the popularity of nations, in a process referred to in marketing circles as 'place branding,' Israel, to no one's great surprise, comes up short in brand likeability, ranking last out of 35 nations included in an August 2006 survey conducted by   read more ...

Why the West Keeps Getting the Middle East Wrong

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Summary ... The West, with all its learned scholars and so-called Middle East, Arab, and Islamic experts, just doesn't grasp the nature of the Middle East. It constantly tries to impose Western thinking on a region that has been in existence much longer than the populated West. It fails to change   read more ...