Before Islamism
Ajami's key text helps show that Islamism has only emerged as a political force relatively recently
palestinians
28 postsAbout the Palestinian population in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and in the Palestinian diaspora.
The myth of anti-Palestinianism
The notion of "anti-Palestinianism" only makes it harder to understand the plight of Israelis, Jews and Palestinians
We still live in the shadow of the Munich massacre
The killing of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics continues to haunt us.
Palestinians not alone in relativising Holocaust
The Palestinian president deserves criticism for relativising the Holocaust but he is far from the only one doing so
The death knell of Palestinian nationalism?
Islamism has largely marginalised old-style PLO nationalism among Palestinians