Middle East - Quillette

Dan Schueftan on the Palestine-Israel Conflict

Pamela Paresky interviews the outspoken Israeli academic.

Pamela Paresky

4 Mar 2024 · 33 min read

Israel’s Grim Future: Attrition on All Fronts

The Jewish state is facing security threats from groups based in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Yemen—all of them supported by Iran.

Benny Morris

16 Dec 2023 · 10 min read

An End to the Mirage

Republicans and Democrats have both learned the wrong lessons from Iraq.

Brian Stewart

23 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

You Can Be Pro-Palestinian or Pro-Hamas. You Can't Be Both.

Make no mistake: dead Israelis are good for Hamas, but dead Palestinians are even better.

Ali A. Rizvi

28 Oct 2023 · 8 min read

What Comes Next For Israel?

Today's political and military leaders never imagined that the Hamas was capable of launching a successful invasion of Israel's borderlands.

Benny Morris

23 Oct 2023 · 8 min read

It’s Not the Occupation

It is rarely the case that all of the blame for a conflict belongs on one side. But that does not mean blame should be equally divided.

David Benatar

21 Oct 2023 · 7 min read

The Ideology of Mass Murder

Hamas and the origins of the October 7th attacks.

Jeffrey Herf

10 Oct 2023 · 8 min read

Remembering ‘Exodus’

A perennially controversial bestseller turns 65.

Kevin Mims

4 Sep 2023 · 17 min read

Putting the Cart before the Camel?

A plea for Arab democracy.

Brian Stewart

10 Nov 2022 · 9 min read

Across the Muslim World, Islamism is Going out of Vogue

Islamism as an ideology may be great at mobilizing people, but this doesn’t necessarily translate towards effective governance, as has been proven again and again

Imran Said

21 Jan 2022 · 14 min read

Maternal Lessons in Politics from a Jewish Iraqi-American Ping Pong Champion

Democratic transformation generally comes from the ground up, not from foreigners bearing guns and gifts.

David Bernstein

2 Sep 2021 · 7 min read

Revisiting Kirkpatrick

Constructive relationships with dictatorships will be key to protecting US interests without direct military involvements.

Niranjan Shankar

24 Aug 2021 · 15 min read

The Philologist, the Iraqi Girl, and Me

The comrades worked together, ate together, read together, showered together, used the latrine together, sang together to the sound of accordions late into the night.

Edward Grossman

23 Jul 2021 · 18 min read

Could an Invisible Military Laser Steal Your Privacy?

Face recognition gives law enforcement this unique authority, this unique power, that does pose risks to our constitutional rights, and this needs to be very closely scrutinized now.

Art Keller

10 Jun 2021 · 19 min read

Will Biden Resurrect the Iran Deal?

The logic of making Iran’s nuclear program less dangerous via the JCPOA agreement while leaning on the FBI to ignore the crimes of the smugglers that made Iran’s nuclear program so dangerous remains hard to fathom.

Art Keller

29 Nov 2020 · 11 min read