Way to the New Palestine

Inferiority of Israel

Chronic Inferiority Of Israel

On June 21, 2022, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his deputy, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, announced their decision to dissolve the Knesset (parliament) and hold early general elections. According to the agreement, Lapid would take over as interim prime minister and Bennett would become the alternative prime minister in […]

Javad Zarif with Taliban

Reflections On Events In Afghanistan (XX)

20. Iran takes good look at Taliban rulers Some strongly worded statements from Iran deploring the clashes in Panjshir Valley created a perception that Tehran might be distancing itself from the Taliban government. Of course, Tehran is vociferously urging the formation of an ‘inclusive government’ in Kabul. On the other […]

Islamic revolution

Religion And Politics (VI)

Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V The Muslim Brotherhood and its brainchildren (II) From any viewpoint, Sunni Islam created a set of fundamentalist movements, activists, and parties in the last decades of the last century. Already mentioned, for instance, al-Qaida (al-Queda) was the brainchild of the Saudi […]

Religion And Politics (V)

Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV Christian fundamentalism (II) Regardless of their cultural separatism after 1925 in the USA, the Christian fundamentalists succeeded to build up their own subculture including radio stations, periodicals, publishing houses, Bible colleges, missionary groups, creationist science institutes followed by Christian day schools and […]

Religion and Fundamentalism

Religion And Politics (IV)

Part I, Part II, Part III Jewish fundamentalism In the history of modern Judaism, there are two messianic movements with fundamentalistic patterns of both theological thought and political practice: the religious Zionists and ultra-orthodox Jews. The first group is known as Gush Emunim (Bloc of the Faithful) and they are […]