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Middle East Quarterly

Spring 2024

Volume 31: Number 2

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Book Reviews
Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law.
By Roy K. Altman. Charleston, S.C.: Advantage Books, 2026, 304 pp.; $32.00 (hardcover), $9.99 (Kindle).

Reviewed by Judith Friedman Rosen
September 1, 2026
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, whose leadership played a central role in the January 2026 statement by Jerusalem church leaders condemning Christian Zionism as a “damaging ideology.” The declaration sparked controversy over who speaks for Christians in the Holy Land and exposed a growing divide between the traditional church hierarchy and pro-Israel Christian voices. (Credit: Djampa/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Timeless Theology or Dhimmi Diplomacy?: Christian Zionism and Church Politics in the Holy Land
September 1, 2026
Book Reviews
Desert Imaginations: A History of Saharanism and Its Radical Consequences
By Brahim El Guabli. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2025. 300 pp.; $95.00 (hardcover); $34.95 (paperback)

Book Review by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
September 1, 2026