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The idea of a two-state solution being pushed by the U.S. State Department does not attract the Palestinian Arabs. They are not...

JNS: Muslims understand compassion differently than we do

The origins of Islam are twofold. It was a revealed religion, but grew out of pre-Islamic Arabian tribal—that is, Bedouin—culture. When...

JNS: Understanding the Middle East requires ‘knowing the difference between Shalom and Salam’

Q: Do all of the signatories to the Abraham Accords, Arabs and Israelis, see the Abraham Accords the same way? By signing up, you agree...

JNS: Misunderstanding Iran

Periodically, the United States or Israel makes a concession to an adversary, planning—or hoping—for reciprocity. The underlying...

Mishpacha Magazine: Veteran Pentagon researcher Dr. Harold Rhode warns the West: A show of weakness is the route to disaster

When news of Hamas’s deadly Simchas Torah attack filtered through to his Florida community, former Pentagon advisor Dr. Harold Rhode — a...

Harold Rhode received a Ph.D. in Ottoman history from Columbia University and served as a specialist on Islamic culture and the Middle East in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1982-2010. He is currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute in New York and Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

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