Israel is entering a period of détente with several Muslim nations. On July 7, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disclosed that he had a phone conversation with the leader of a Muslim African nation with which Israel currently does not have ties, and that the two promised to meet in person in the future. Dore Gold, Israeli Director of the Foreign Ministry, stated that there is a “strategic convergence” between the interests of Israel and the Sunni states, and that Israel has some form of contact with “almost every Arab state.” Turkey and Israel signed a reconciliation deal in late June. On the societal level, several Muslims are openly opposing the anti-Israel sentiments of many of their co-religionists. These maverick Muslims are now bravely supporting Israel’s right to exist as a homeland for the Jewish people; a Koranic justification of such right; the unequivocal rejection of terrorism as a legitimate weapon against Israel; Israel’s...(Read Full Article)