Where can I learn more about Arab countries and their own treatment of Palestinians?
Hanson: There is a vast literature on the subject, albeit one highly politicized. Cleansing Kuwait of Palestinians in 1991 is not called “ethnic cleansing” but known as “deportation” or “population repatriation.” Good luck. Many modern historians consider classical periods to be inappropriate models for today’s US government and believe that we should instead learn about the balance-of-power politics, concessions, and constraints followed by European nation-states between 1648 and 1915. What is your response to these historians and why does classics often provide more insights for the modern world? I think the value of classical political analogies is that they go to the heart of human nature and emphasize emotion, self-interest, and natural affinities rather than institutions and doctrine. Let me explain: in the empirical observations of a Thucydides, Aristotle, or Polybius we understand why property owners are opposed to the propertyless, the faults and pathologies of both narrow oli
Related Questions
- Doesn USAID give more money to the Palestinians than many Arab countries? How can you claim that the United States is biased towards Israel when it provides plenty of aid to Egypt as well?
- Where can I learn more about Arab countries and their own treatment of Palestinians?
- Why don the Arab nations simply absorb the Palestinians into their own countries?
