Robert Satloff

Robert Satloff is an American writer and, since January 1993, the executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). Satloff's expertise includes "U.S. policy, public diplomacy, Arab and Islamic politics, Arab-Israeli relations, U.S.-Israel relations, peace process, Middle East democratization." [ [http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC10.php?CID=11 Bio] (WINEP)] Satloff is also a member of the board of editors of the Middle East Quarterly, a publication of the Middle East Forum.

Satloff received a Ph.D from St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. He earned an M.A. from Harvard University and B.A. from Duke University.

Satloff is described by the New York Review of Books as “a neoconservative with very hawkish views on the Middle East”. [ [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=19062 The Storm over the Israel Lobby] , Michael Massing, New York Review of Books, 8 June 2006]

Satloff lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with his wife, Jennie Litvack, an economist at the World Bank, and two sons, Benjamin and William. [http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/publicaffairsbooks-cgi-bin/display?book=9781586483999]

Writing career

Satloff authored or edited nine books. His writing has appeared in major newspapers such as the "New York Times", "Wall Street Journal", "Washington Post", and the "Los Angeles Times".

In 2006, he wrote "Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands", [ [http://lipstadt.blogspot.com/2006/12/review-of-robert-satloffs-among.html Review] by Deborah Lipstadt: "The Schindlers of the Middle East" Washington Post December 10, 2006] which reported that there were Muslims and Arabs who rescued potential victims of the Nazi-directed programs related to the Holocaust as well as those who collaborated in those programs. During the Second World War, several Arab countries were under Axis influence or control. Libya was an Italian colony (effectively controlled till 1943). Algeria was then part of France, under the rule of the pro-German Vichy regime. Morocco and Tunisia were French protectorates. The war itself brought German troops to Libya to help the floundering Italian army and from there they occupied Tunisia and western Egypt.

He has also provided commentary for major television network news programs, talk shows, and National Public Radio. Satloff is the only non-Arab to host a program on an Arab satellite channel: he is the creator and host of "Dakhil Washington" (Inside Washington), a weekly news and interview program on al-Hurra, the U.S. government-sponsored Arabic satellite television channel.

Publications

* "Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands" (PublicAffairs, 2006). ISBN 1586483994
*"The Battle of Ideas in the War on Terror: Essays on U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East" (The Washington Institute, 2004).
* "U.S. Policy toward Islamism" (Council on Foreign Relations, 2000)
* "From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition" (Oxford University Press, 1994)
* "Troubles on the East Bank: Challenges to the Domestic Stability of Jordan" (Praeger, 1986)

ee also

*Righteous Among the Nations
*Jews outside Europe under Nazi occupation
*Middle East Theatre of World War II
*Mediterranean Theatre of World War II
*North African campaign
*East African Campaign (World War II)
*Tunisia Campaign
*Italian invasion of Libya
*Western Desert Campaign

References

External links

* [http://www.meforum.org/article/1073 Righteous Muslims. A briefing by Robert Satloff] by Rachel Silverman, "Jewish Exponent", December 14, 2006 (Middle East Forum, December 11, 2006)
* [http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=438 Robert Satloff talks about "Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach Into Arab Lands"] (video) November 2006
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6624599 Interviews with historian Robert Satloff] , Fresh Air from WHYY-FM, December 14, 2006.
* [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881892768&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Forgotten chapter] by LARRY DERFNER (Jerusalem Post) December 14, 2006
* [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/061203/11qa.htm Arabs Who Saved the Jews] by Will Sullivan (US News) December 3, 2006
* [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Protected/Articles/000/000/012/881cixbo.asp Hip, Hip, Al Hurra! Explaining America to the Arabs — with no help from the State Department.] by Robert Satloff (Weekly Standard) November 06, 2006, Volume 012, Issue 08
* [http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/antisemitism/voices/transcript/index.php?content=20061123 Voices on Antisemitism Interview with Robert Satloff] from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
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* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9678526 A 'Righteous' Honor for an Arab Who Saved Jews] , NPR "Morning Edition", April 19, 2007