Oh, Come Now
London, March 19, 2015— In honor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort to retreat from his declared opposition to a Palestinian state,…
By Daniel Williams, journalist and author
Category: Middle East
The West Bank Moves Further West (redux)
This is a post I wrote last summer that seems relevant today, given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Arab-baiting electoral campaign in which…
ISIS’ Little Patch in Europe
London, March 12, 2015—A remote piece of Bosnia-Herzegovina reminds us how and why ISIS has spread. It is the small village of…
Iran And the Shiite Militia Menace
New York, March 5, 2015—The discovery that Shiite militias in Iraq are leading the charge against the Islamic State…
Bibi’s Problem
New York, March 4, 2015—Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister, needs Iran to be defeated. Of course, getting the Shiite-run…
Libya and Its Nervous Neighbors
London, February 19, 2015—Everyone wonders what to do about ISIS, but no one knows what. An odd event is happening…
The Day HAMAS Almost Won the War
Rome, December 7, 2014—Hamas had a couple days of triumph. Finding a dispassionate analysis of the 2014 summertime war between…
Christianity’s End, Pt. 1
Erbil, September 20, 2014—I was in Kurdistan, the autonomous region in north Iraq, when President Obama made his September 10…
Food Under Fire – Part 1
Food Under Fire is an occasional series of food and restaurant reviews from places where conflict is happening. Erbil, September…