Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki

1 month ago | fathomjournal.org | Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki

The Abraham Accords are not simply a series of normalisation agreements between Muslim countries and Israel, motivated by a shared enemy or political dividends writes Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki. Instead they reflect the arrival on the scene on an official level of an Islam that eschews replacement theology on – and this is critical – traditional grounds.

Jun 10, 2024 | fathomjournal.org | Jonathan Spyer |Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki

Olga Kirschbaum-Shirazki is a co-founder and editor of the Tel Aviv Review of Books. She argues that while there is an understanding that European imperial powers made a mess of the Middle East  and Africa  over the course of the twentieth century, little is said about the fact that Iranian, Turkish, and Arab state violence towards national groups seeking their independence has been deadly and one of the major sources of violence in the Middle East, right up to today.