Abbas may parrot antisemitic myths and deliberately trivialize the Holocaust, but realpolitik dictates that Israel’s government engage with him if it furthers our national and security goals.
The war on Islamists has been, for all intents and purposes, a war on democratic rule, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
By As`ad AbuKhalil
Special to Consortium News
Governments in the Middle East (including that of Israel) have long used religion for political purposes.
The West has alternated be