Monthly Archives: January 2011

Itbach al-Yahud Will Only Get You So Far… by Gerald A. Honigman Lebanon, Tunisia, the Sudan, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan…..Take your pick. For a variety of reasons, civilian tempers throughout the region that Arabs like to call purely Arab patrimony … Continue reading →

A Bit Late In Coming…Not So, Mr. President? by Gerald A. Honigman Like probably scores of millions of other folks all over the world, I listened to President Obama’s State of the Union address on January 25th. One thing, in … Continue reading →

The Israeli Goose and the Russian Gander by Gerald A. Honigman There are certain verbal expressions which seem to clarify specific situations…they really hit the nail right on the head, so to speak. On January 18th, America and Russia took … Continue reading →

The Sudan…The Story Within The Story by Gerald A. Honigman As I write this, I cannot help but cringe at what has transpired over the almost five decades that I have been actively involved in the history and politics of … Continue reading →

Double Dhimmitude, Part II by Gerald A. Honigman Wake up, my dear Coptic friends. It’s long past due that a new dawn should arise in relations between our two peoples. First the Saturday People, then the Sunday People… The above … Continue reading →

One Side Perpetually Lies…So Who Should You Believe? by Gerald A. Honigman I’ll never forget the first days of the Six Day War in 1967 when Arabs claimed they had shot down hundreds of Israeli planes, that American planes (not … Continue reading →