Assessing the Syrian Cease-Fire

The cease-fire that came into effect in Syria on February 27 is a partial success.
Trump’s Pro-Russian Policy Threatens Israel

Donald J. Trump has received the endorsements of conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A Time for Choosing: Socialism or Fascism

Donald J. Trump has a strange and unhealthy fascination with the “strength” of those who pummel, terrorize, and kill people.
The Fourth Strategy

Saudi Arabia listed Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and canceled its $3 billion aid package to the Lebanese military.
Who Should Battle Radical Islam?

If radical Islam truly is the greatest threat faced by civilized people, then all should join in opposing it with all the means at our disposal.
The Push to Pressure Israel Intensifies Amid Violence

President Obama’s foreign policy legacy will likely not be as the architect of a framework to bring about peace between Israel and Palestine.
Do Palestinians Want a State?

The majority of Israeli-Arabs are Sunni. They don’t want anything to do with Shiite Iran or Hizbullah or their propaganda machine.
Will Obama Try to Blackmail Israel?

Cue the Middle East “peace process.”
A Messy World

It’s easy to criticize Barack Obama for weakening the posture of the United States, and furthering the mess that George W. Bush created in the Middle East.
How Israel Navigated through the Hurricane of the Syrian Civil War

The Syrian civil war is a disaster of historic proportions that shows no sign of ending anytime soon. The latest figures suggest that it has killed nearly half a million people, making it the greatest catastrophe to hit the Levant since 1945, dwarfing earlier crises in terms of its human cost. But throughout all this […]