It’s time for those who expected more from Joe Biden than from Donald Trump to admit that it’s not going to happen:
- Biden Administration Goes All in for Saudis and Emiratis (Cato Institute)
The Iranian parliament’s advice to its executive branch regarding dealing with the U.S. Ronald Reagan’s advice regarding the Soviet Union: Trust, but verify …
… while Israel continues to pressure the American government …
… but Iran says, despite “significant progress,” that “”nothing is agreed until everything is agreed” and that the “remaining issues are the hardest”:
After Selaedin Maksut explained Islam to Ed Durr, the then N.J. state-senator elect not only apologized for his insulting tweet, but became an ally in the fight for state recognition of Islam’s two major holidays:
- State Senator Who Once Denigrated Islam as a ‘Cult of Hate’ Seeks Recognition for Muslim Holidays (Politico)
“If Narendra Modi’s ‘new India’ had not become a place in which Muslims have been increasingly treated as lesser citizens than Hindus, we might today have been able to see clearly the difference between Islam and political Islam”:
- Confusing Islam with Islamism (Indian Express)
While it is true “that Israeli repackaging of their food is part of a broader effort to minimise if not erase Palestinian national identity,” it is also true “that Palestinians and Mizrahim share similar culinary traditions“:
- Food in Israel Divides and Unites as Much as It Shapes Identity (Middle East Soccer)