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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at left, holds up the document after participating in the signing of the Abraham Accords, in which Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2020
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at left, holds up the document after participating in the signing of the Abraham Accords, in which Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2020
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    The Death of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    A big problem that the Biden administration suddenly won’t have to deal with

    byMichael Oren
  • President Barack Obama waves goodbye from the steps of Air Force One as he departs for Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009, from the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
    President Barack Obama waves goodbye from the steps of Air Force One as he departs for Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009, from the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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    Power and the Rationalists

    The illusions and realities of American foreign policy in the Middle East from Oslo to Cairo to Trump and beyond

    byMartin Peretz
  • 1941 United States War Office map of the Middle East.(Library of Congress)
    1941 United States War Office map of the Middle East.(Library of Congress)
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    How the Postwar Shift of Global Power to Washington Set the Stage for Today’s Geopolitics

    A new book examines the role of maps in shaping how policymakers imagined the new Middle East

    byAiyaz Husain
  • (Collage Tablet Magazine; original images Wikimedia Commons and Shutterstock)
    (Collage Tablet Magazine; original images Wikimedia Commons and Shutterstock)
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    If Kerry Wants To Make Peace in the Middle East, He Should Just Put God In Charge

    Jerusalem is a holy city for three major religions, so why should any earthly power claim sovereignty there?

    byAdam Garfinkle
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    Jerusalem Is Among the World’s Most Divided Cities, But One Thing Unites It: Trash

    Touring the Holy City with the garbage collectors is a reminder that it’s also a place where people go about their day-to-day lives

    byMatti Friedman
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    (NatGeo)
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    John Kerry’s Polarizing Turkey Shawarma

    The world cries ‘fowl’ about his culinarily curious choice of grub

    byAdam Chandler
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