18+ hour, 29+ min ago  (137+ words) Middle East Forum June 24, 2026 | Israel Insider with Alex Selsky A weekly update on the most significant events happening in Israel. Alex Selsky serves as Director of Israel and East Mediterranean Affairs and serves on the board of directors of Middle…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (425+ words) Middle East Forum Islam, Israel and the West: A Former Muslim's Analysis By Danny Burmawi. N. P. : Gerasa Books, 2025. 252 pp. ; $19. 99 (hardcover); $16. 99 (paperback); $9. 99 (Kindle) Burmawi, born a Muslim in Jordan and later a convert to Christianity, has done the post-Christian West a great…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (400+ words) Middle East Forum A Metacritique of Palestine: On the Political Economy of a Word-Symbol There is no shortage of writing about Palestine. This small and provincial conflict has generated more commentary, more theory, more denunciation, more advocacy, and more counter-advocacy…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (958+ words) Israel's temporary closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (above) to Cardinal Pizzaballa out of fear of Iranian attacks caused more noise and scandal than the Iranian missile that fell near the Sepulchre a few days earlier. Zero political…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (196+ words) A wave of antisemitic violence has exposed the consequences of political choices that downplayed radicalization and failed to safeguard religious freedom. It has now been one month since two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in…...