Fighting and Hugging in the Middle East
Kaleidoscopic coalitions and enmities are one of the Middle East’s most distinctive political features.
Former Ambassador Friedman Sifts Through ‘Transformative’ Accords and their Future Success
Sitting with Martin Kramer of the Shalem College as part of the Tikvah Fund’s Jewish Leadership Conference, David Friedman said that when he entered office in the first year of the Trump administration, “the Middle East was due for some unconventional thinking.”
Turkey Signals Sweeping Regional Ambitions
A Turkish nationalist TV station with close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently aired a map outlining Turkey’s projected sphere of influence in 2050, rustling Russian and Iranian feathers.
Could Iran Really Be Linked to ‘Eco-Terrorism’ Against Israel?
A shocking claim by Israel’s environmental protection minister on Wednesday that a Libyan ship dumped containers of crude oil off Israel’s coast, causing one of the country’s worst environmental disasters, is making waves.
We Recognize Haman. But Where are Mordechai and Esther?
Today’s Persians running Iran’s Islamic revolutionary regime consistently declare their intention to annihilate Israel and are building the capacity for nuclear weapons to achieve that infernal aim. And then, there’s the Western media and academia …
Remembering Manfred Gerstenfeld: Truth Against Myth
When what some observers called the “new anti-Semitism” began to gather pace at the turn of this century, there were a handful of scholars, Gerstenfeld among them, who were equipped to explain that while the wine was new, the bottles were old.
Israel Needs America, but the Client State Era is Over
The foreign-policy establishment is warning Israel to watch its step with Biden. But Trump’s policies fostered regional changes that mean that total dependence on Washington is finished.
REPORT: Iran Demands $1 Trillion from US in “Reparations” to Return to Nuclear Deal
A former senior Iranian Diplomat claims that his government is sure that Biden will give in to their demands.
Biden Must Deter, Not Appease, Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and Pyongyang
Concessions don’t actually conciliate despots.
Can Biden’s Zeal to Deal Work Better than ‘Maximum Pressure’?
The unsurprising announcement that the United States is ready to sit down with Iran is worrisome because of the new administration team’s modest goals and dismal negotiating record.