A Threat Beyond Terrorism: The Strategic Hazard of a Palestinian State

Louis Rene Beres

In making its cumulative judgments about Palestinian statehood, Israel’s leaders must be sure to look beyond the “ordinary” terror threat to more far-reaching strategic hazards. These significantly greater perils would be many-sided and intersecting, and should compel Jerusalem to fashion an increasingly seamless web of deterrence from Israel’s combined conventional and nuclear assets.

Take Free Online Course in the Hebrew Bible

Out of Zion, the Torah really comes forth – again. Later this week, a popular online course in Bible returns to the world stage thanks to Bar-Ilan University (BIU) in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv.

A Cautious Alliance

Jonathan_Spyer

Relations between Qatar and Iran have drawn closer in recent years, and there is reason to expect that the current closeness is set to deepen still further in the period ahead.