Blog Posts

The Spinning of Polls and Demonization of Palestinians

Paul R. Pillar | Jul 23, 2011
How Netanyahu supporters use cherry-picked facts and deliberately misconstrued data to inform hateful commentaries and fuel baseless accusations.

Exposing Netanyahu

Paul R. Pillar | May 23, 2011
Netanyahu brings his swagger, lectures and lies right into the Oval Office itself.

The Numbers Still Aren't Good

Paul R. Pillar | May 20, 2011
A new poll illustrates just how dangerous democracy in the Middle East will be for America.

Abu Mazen's Observations

Paul R. Pillar | May 17, 2011
Criticize Abbas as much as you want for his tactics or his selectivity in emphasizing some facts rather than others. But some of the important things he says are simply undeniable.

Traitorous Palestinians?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jan 24, 2011
Did the Palestinian Authority try appeasement with Israel, Munich-style?

Israel Slides Farther to the Right

Paul R. Pillar | Jan 18, 2011
Why we should be mourning Ehud Barak's break from the Labor Party.

Impose a Peace

Paul R. Pillar | Dec 30, 2010
President Obama's New Year's resolution should be to push through a peace agreement in the Middle East.

The Tragic Right Turn

Paul R. Pillar | Dec 23, 2010
Golda Meir jokingly lamented Moses's left turn during the Exodus. The real tragedy is modern Israel's ideological shift to the right.

An Imposed Israeli-Palestinian Solution

Paul R. Pillar | Dec 14, 2010
Finding a way to get off the hamster wheel otherwise known as the Mideast peace process.

The Bad Bargain with Netanyahu

Paul R. Pillar | Nov 15, 2010
The way Netanyahu just fleeced Obama shows how weak and vulnerable the president is.

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