Josep Borrell’s recent initiative to sanction Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich is clearly in reaction to the Jewish prostrations and loud Jewish prayers on the Eastern side of the Temple Mount. What then about the status quo? The truth is that the status quo has been continually evolving, including the construction in recent years ofContinue reading “European Hysteria”
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Misinterpreting Smotrich
The State Department out of sheer ignorance misinterprets Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and misses the distinctive nuances of Israeli discourse. What Smotrich meant by saying that there is no Palestinian culture is that there is no specifically Palestinian Arab culture distinctive from other Levantine Arab cultures such as Jordanian and Syrian culture. When sayingContinue reading “Misinterpreting Smotrich”