Germany: Meet Jens Spahn, Merkel’s Possible Successor
“I am a burkaphobe.”
Israel and the Abyss: Chaos as Source of National Security
Although plainly counter-intuitive, Middle Eastern chaos could sometime prove an opportunity for Israel, rather than a liability. This is the case if Jerusalem were to understand regional “abyss” as an unlikely source of improved and more creative strategic thinking.
Defending the Rule of Law
If Netanyahu is forced from office, Israeli democracy will be critically, and possibly irreparably, debilitated.
Iceland’s Declaration of War on Judaism
Iceland’s authorities might as well hang a large sign in the arrivals terminal at Reykjavik airport saying, “No Jews or Muslims allowed.”
Does Jihad Really have “Nothing to do with Islam”?
Recently, US National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster once again downplayed the significance of faith by claiming that Islamic ideology is “irreligious”; meanwhile, up to 1.5 billion Muslims continue claiming, as they have done for 1400 years, that it is.
Analyzing the Latest Round of Big Military Moves in the Middle East
This weekend’s confrontation was a battle in a larger war. So, the question remains for all concerned: Will Iran be permitted to build the platform in Syria for Israel’s destruction? If not, who — in what combination — will stop them?
Altogether Bewildering Challenges
US President Donald Trump, plainly over his depth in strategic matters, could soon be faced with unprecedented challenges to American national security. In this connection, the most expectedly daunting threats will concern some forms or other of nuclear strategy and nuclear war.
Israel’s Police Joins the Political Opposition to Topple Netanyahu
Foreign observers may have a hard time squaring Benjamin Netanyahu’s international stature as a statesman with his suddenly vulnerable position at home.
Amalek: A Warning to the Chief Rabbinate
Finally, it is worth noting that, like in the case of Timna, not accepting converts by being too demanding and overzealous may lead to major disasters.
Palestinians: Hamas and Fatah – United against Trump
Hamas and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s ruling Fatah faction are continuing to contest control of the Gaza Strip.