Michael Curtis
Michael Curtis is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Rutgers University, and author of Should Israel Exist? A Sovereign Nation under attack by the International Community.
Articles by this Author
The Founding Fathers of Zionism Reviewed By Michael Curtis of Bookpleasures.com
- By Michael Curtis
- Published October 21, 2012
- Judaica
Author: Benzion Netanyahu
Publisher: Balfour Books
ISBN-10: 1933267151
ISBN-13: 978-1933267159
Wagner in Israel: Promoting Anti-Semitism or Fighting Censorship? Contributed To Bookpleasures.com By Michael Curtis
- By Michael Curtis
- Published August 26, 2012
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
Should the music of Wagner be played in Israel?
Israeli Settlements an Obstacle to Peace? Contributed To Bookpleasures.com By Michael Curtis
- By Michael Curtis
- Published July 24, 2012
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
For four centuries the
West Bank and east Jerusalem, were provinces of the Turkish Ottoman
Empire; after that, from 1922 until 1948, they were ruled by Britain
under the Mandate given it by the League of Nations. These areas have
never been under any Arab sovereignty. The Palestinians have never
had a political state of their own; and when offered the opportunity
to create one by the United Nations General Assembly in 1947, refused
to create one.
Middle East Glossary: Language and Politics in the Middle East Contributed To Bookpleasures.com By Michael Curtis
- By Michael Curtis
- Published July 17, 2012
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in Alice in Wonderland, “it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less. Can you make words mean so many things?”
What a difference a little crisis in Europe makes Contributed To Bookpleasures.com By Michael Curtis
- By Michael Curtis
- Published July 5, 2012
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
The English are watching
on television the brutal massacres in Syria. They have raised their
security level from “miffed” to “peeved.” They may raise it
again to “really irritated,” or even “a bit crossed.” This
should be a warning to foreigners because the last time the British
felt “a bit crossed” was in 1588 when they had to defeat the
Spanish Armada.
The New Potemkin Village: Syria Disguised Contributed To Bookpleasures.com By Michael Curtis
- By Michael Curtis
- Published June 24, 2012
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
Our era has witnessed and suffered from the acceptance
by many commentators in democratic countries of the illusion of the
nature of the regimes and conditions of life in Arab societies.Catherine Ashton, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in her speech of June 12, 2012 to the European Parliament, is still blinded by a Potemkin village. In that speech in which she addressed both the situation in Syria and the settlements in Israel she charged Israel rather than Syria with serious violations of international and humanitarian law.
A Reply To Alice Walker Author of Color Purple
- By Michael Curtis
- Published June 20, 2012
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
It is saddening that the
latest celebrity to succumb to the fallacious Palestinian narrative
of the relationship between the Palestinian population and Israel is
Alice Walker, the distinguished Afro-American writer whose book The
Color Purple was a prize-winning contribution to American
literature.