Why Not Zero?

The Obama administration has announced that it will not cut the U.S. troop deployment in Afghanistan to 5,000 as planned, but will leave 8,400 soldiers to support the Afghan government in its fight against the Taliban.
Can the Palestinians Hold Free and Fair Elections?

The last Palestinian local elections were held in 2012, but only in the West Bank.
Clinton Camp Shoots Down “Occupation” Israel Criticism in Party Platform

Attempts to add language criticizing Israel’s “occupation and illegal settlements” into the new draft of the Democratic party platform were definitively shot down by Hillary Clinton’s camp on Saturday.
Challenges for a Jew Who Embraces Christian Friends of Israel

Some time back, I wrote an OpEd with the title of “I Stand with Christians Who Stand with Israel.”
The Turkey-Israel Agreement

An analysis of the reasons for the rapprochement, those who helped it come to pass and why Israel did not include the return of the fallen soldiers’ bodies.
Family of Captured IDF Soldier Refuses to Back Prisoner Exchange With Hamas for Son’s Body

“It’s time to demand payment from our enemies instead of paying them ourselves and to bring home our sons and soldiers, Hadar and Oron, who remain left behind.”
WATCH: Hamas Murders Rabbi Yehudah Glick in Horrifying Animation

The Knesset has provided Glick with extra security in light of the disturbing video.
Abbas’s Satisfied Customers

Why European leaders cheer accusations of Jews poisoning Palestinian wells.
Turkey-Israel Rapprochement

Israeli policy (assisted by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden) produced perhaps the best possible outcome.
New Trends on the Palestinian Street

There is a surprising murmuring heard in the Palestinian Arab street. Israel should take notice.