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Shlomo Ben-Ami

Shlomo Ben-Ami

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The causes and consequences of Trump's comeback

Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – During the just-concluded U.S. election campaign, I did not follow opinion polls, pore over “evidence-based”...

11.11.2024 30

The Korea Times

Shlomo Ben-Ami

The Causes and Consequences of Trump’s Comeback

TEL AVIV – During the just-concluded US election campaign, I did not follow opinion polls, pore over “evidence-based” predictions, or read...

08.11.2024 20

Project Syndicate

Shlomo Ben-Ami

The Middle East's deadly dream palaces

Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is an event of historic proportions in the Middle East. As...

08.10.2024 50

The Korea Times

Shlomo Ben-Ami

The Middle East’s Deadly Dream Palaces

TEL AVIV – Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is an event of historic proportions in the Middle East. As can be seen from...

04.10.2024 40

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

Why Rome Still Matters

TEL AVIV – Last year, a social-media trend featured women asking men how often they thought about the Roman Empire. The answer, it seemed, was...

11.09.2024 20

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

Gaza and the Apocalypse

Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – Throughout recorded history, crises and tragedies have inevitably spurred apocalyptic interpretations that seek to imbue...

19.08.2024 30

The Korea Times

Shlomo Ben-Ami

Gaza and the Apocalypse

TEL AVIV – Throughout recorded history, crises and tragedies have inevitably spurred apocalyptic interpretations that seek to imbue temporal...

14.08.2024 30

Project Syndicate

Shlomo Ben-Ami

Israel is enabling Iran's war of attrition

Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – In 2017, Iran unveiled a digital clock counting down the days to the destruction of Israel in 2040. The display, located...

19.07.2024 30

The Korea Times

Shlomo Ben-Ami

Israel Is Enabling Iran’s War of Attrition

TEL AVIV – In 2017, Iran unveiled a digital clock counting down the days to the destruction of Israel in 2040. The display, located in Tehran’s...

17.07.2024 30

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

Anatomy of a Massacre

TEL AVIV – At the “end of history,” it seems, come genocide, ethnic cleansing, and a seismic explosion of tribalism and identity politics. These...

14.06.2024 30

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

The unbearable lightness of anti-Zionism

Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – There is a Jewish joke, often attributed to the philosopher Isaiah Berlin, that an anti-Semite is someone who hates Jews...

12.05.2024 70

The Korea Times

Shlomo Ben-Ami

The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

TEL AVIV – There is a Jewish joke, often attributed to the philosopher Isaiah Berlin, that an anti-Semite is someone who hates Jews more than is...

09.05.2024 60

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

Europe's war jitters

Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – Mark Twain is often quoted as saying, “History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” He might have added that...

16.04.2024 50

The Korea Times

Shlomo Ben-Ami

Europe’s War Jitters

TEL AVIV – Mark Twain is often quoted as saying, “History may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” He might have added that when history...

12.04.2024 30

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

The untimely resurrection of the two-state solution

Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – U.S. President Joe Biden’s Middle East peace plan, which reportedly involves re-establishing a path to a two-state...

12.03.2024 40

The Korea Times

Shlomo Ben-Ami

The Untimely Resurrection of the Two-State Solution

TEL AVIV – US President Joe Biden’s Middle East peace plan, which reportedly involves re-establishing a path to a two-state solution and full...

07.03.2024 20

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

How Will the War in Gaza End?

TEL AVIV – A year into World War II, the United Kingdom’s War Cabinet established a committee that would be responsible for clarifying the UK’s...

06.02.2024 20

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

A Reprieve for Israel’s Democracy

TEL AVIV – This week, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled on two major bills pushed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s far-right government as...

05.01.2024 20

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Shlomo Ben-Ami

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