Harold Rhode

The Jewish Policy Center hosted a webinar featuring Professor Harold Rhode, an expert in Middle Eastern history and culture, to discuss the recent developments involving the Hebron sheikhs, tribal dynamics in the West Bank, and the broader Middle Eastern context, including Syria and the Druze. Key points from the discussion include: Hebron Sheikhs and Tribal […]

Westerners who think the new government in Damascus will turn out to be moderate and willing to compromise with the west are kidding themselves, according to Middle East scholar Harold Rhode. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is the coalition of Sunni Islamist insurgent groups which overthrew President Bashar al-Assad in December, toppling a Baathist dictatorship which ruled Syria for more […]

Western diplomats who think that ceasefires and compromise with Iran and its proxies will pave the way to peace are deluding themselves, according  to Middle East scholar Harold Rhode. In the Arab and Muslim worlds, negotiating before avenging prior humiliations is regarded as a sign of weakness and defeat, Rhode told a Jewish Policy Center webinar […]