Economic progress alone will not bring stability to the region. By Larry Garber Watching the Bahrain Peace...
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Netanyahu has embraced authoritarian and racist heads of state and of political parties, including parties with deep...
Some are using Birthright trips to draw attention to the Israeli occupation, its policy of oppression, and...
In a gradual process of Hellenization, the Samaritans developed their own variant of Hellenism. When Alexander the...
Netanyahu’s idea of Israel is not a Jewish nation with equal rights for all, but as an...
A shrine to a “wise woman” fulfilling an oraculor role. By Philippe BohstromArchaeologist The town of Abel Beth...
A good first step would be for everyone to hold a vision of universal human values. By...
After about 1244 CE, the city remained a backwater of the late medieval Muslim empires and would...
By imbuing Gazans with mythical bravery, the left is failing the task of recognising Palestinian humanity. By...
Ireland alone can’t change Israeli policy. But Ireland is determined to lead. The United States hosted Irish...
The story of King Solomon begins with his father, King David, and his mother, Bathsheba. Introduction According...
Allegedly around 1000 BCE, David was the eighth son (and youngest) of Jesse, from the tribe of...
Hard-line supporters of Israel are in panic mode. Hard-line supporters of Israel are in panic mode. It...
King Herod had a substantial architectural heritage to his name in the Levant by the time of...
There’s another, critical side of the Occupation that receives much less attention—its expression in the digital realm....
The ancient synagogue represents an inclusive, localized form of worship that did not crystallize until the destruction...
The longtime prime minister has reshaped Israel in profound ways. The military is stronger but Palestinian suffering...
The Herodian dynasty is named after Herod the Great, who was recognized as king of the Jews...
Israel was a regional superpower, but unable to retain its independence in the face of Assyrian imperialism....
With the rise of Zionism in the 19th century, land was purchased for settlement – they they...
As Islamic activists assumed power across the Arab and Muslim world, they drifted toward autocracy and repression....
Sumūd the nonviolent everyday practices or resistance by Palestinians to Israeli occupation. Introduction In Palestine, the practice...
Early Israelite religion may once have shared the Canaanite belief in El and other gods, before the...
Arthur Balfour was a complex character, hard to read. His reasons for backing Zionism may have been...
In the religious politics of the Second Temple period, the Aaronide priestly dynasties were the Mushite priesthood....
Israel has already, and repeatedly, violated most conditions of what constitute an ‘Occupation’ from an international law...
Christian Zionism is an often-overlooked example of the powerful role Christians and Christian institutions play in US...
Herod created architecture that implemented Roman technology, designs, and styles, while co-mingling them with his existing Hellenistic...
These cases—the decision of a major company to respect international law and a mainstream commentator speaking out for...
Judas Maccabeus prevailing over the Seleucids, painting by Gustav Dore (1832-1883) / Wikimedia Commons Judas Maccabeus’ death...