Middle East Analyst and Writer

Oren Kessler

2 articles 2013–2014

Oren Kessler is a Middle East analyst and writer who has focused on regional politics, security, and media commentary. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard in 2013 and 2014 covering topics including Egyptian-Israeli relations and critiques of public intellectuals.

Sinai Crisis Binds Egypt and Israel

November 7, 2014 · Oren Kessler, Israel, Egypt

Last week, Sinai-based extremists targeted the North Sinai security headquarters with a massive blast, causing damage, but no injuries. Thankfully it wasn’t a replay of the attack last month that killed 33 security personnel in some of Egypt’s worst violence since the overthrow of former president,…

Reza Aslan, a Media Martyr and a Bully

July 30, 2013 · Oren Kessler, Scholar, Religion

Fox News’s now infamous interview with Reza Aslan last week has rallied much of the media to the Iranian-born and now Hollywood-based academic’s defense, and catapulted his recently published Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth to number one on Amazon. Fox's Lauren Green grilled the…