Benjamin Weinthal and Asaf Romirowsky explain why banks are the Achilles Heel of the Israel-Boycott Movement.

Tarek Fatah on a candidate to lead Canada's New Democratic Party who believes that opponents of the niqab face mask contribute to "Islamophobia."

Efraim Inbar on state collapse, growing sectarianism, and other Middle East trends.

Daniel Pipes on the rivalry between Erdogan's Turkey and Iran, and why the former is a more worrisome long-term threat.

Cliff Smith: It is the ideology of those seeking entry into U.S. we should be worried about, not their passports.

With the fiftieth anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War this month, we offer a quick review of work on the subject produced over the years by the Middle East Forum's staff and fellows, and by contributors to its flagship journal, Middle East Quarterly (MEQ).

On May 23, 1967, Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, which LBJ called "a single act of folly [that] was more responsible ... than any other" for the Six-Day War that followed 2 weeks later. 50 years later, the factual history has largely been re-written, explains Gabriel Glickman.

Middle East Forum President Daniel Pipes reviews President Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia.

On May 23, 1967, Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, which LBJ called "a single act of folly [that] was more responsible ... than any other" for the Six-Day War that followed 2 weeks later. 50 years later, the factual history has largely been re-written, explains Gabriel Glickman.

Jonathan Spyer reports from regime-held areas of Syria and finds little prospect of Syria's reunification in the foreseeable future.