Could UAE Opening to Syria Mark Major Shift for Region?
Amid the 2015 Iran deal and fight against ISIS, US efforts to remove Assad ended.
The Most Alarming Threat of All to the Jewish People
Many leaders are terrified that speaking the truth about Israel will cause them to lose their access to the political and intellectual circles they prize so highly, and in which they pretend to themselves they are accepted as equals just like anyone else.
Sudan Coup Follows Prevailing Arab World Trend
Arab efforts at establishing stable and representative rule have proven universally unsuccessful.
A Holocaust Survivor’s Visit to Her Childhood Home Transports Her to the Past
Ahead of the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, Eve Kugler, 90, visited her hometown of Halle, Germany, and recalls the horrifying period that led to her family fleeing for their lives.
RJC Confab Questions Declining Democratic Support for Israel and Role of Nonpartisan Groups
American Jewish organizations trying to maintain bipartisan support for Israel must decide between sustaining pro-Israel policies and alienating Democrats. The Republican Jewish Coalition has no such limitations.
Is there a Future in Bipartisan Advocacy for Israel?
Nikki Haley’s demand that AIPAC snub Democrats who aren’t fully supportive of Israel won GOP applause. Still, efforts to preserve or revive what’s left of a shattered consensus must continue.
Eating Knesset Candy and Drinking the Kool-Aid
The whole lollipop-licking plenum looked as puerile last week as it’s been sounding, with childish verbiage and decibel levels not even fit for a playground.
Netanyahu vs. Olmert: Comparing Chalk and Cheese
While it may be inappropriate for someone under criminal indictment to be a candidate for or serve as prime minister, it is far more inappropriate for him/her to be precluded from doing so by abuse of the legal system.
Hypocritical Israeli Coalition Politics Get Ugly
In the battle for political survival, anything goes. As the threat to Jerusalem goes unchallenged, the government OKs funding for Hamas while Netanyahu encourages thuggery at the Western Wall.
The Mireille Knoll Murder Trial: Will France Deliver Justice this Time?
Even if it does, it won’t be forgotten that it took place in the shadow of the violent anti-Semitic murder of another Jewish woman, Sarah Halimi, who killer was set free.