The Danger of Depending on Turkey

Here’s the good news: the Obama administration has finally grasped that the onslaught of the Islamic State terror group through Iraq and Syria needs to be defeated and destroyed.

Undermining Justice: Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Breaches International Law

Louis Rene Beres

No authoritative system of law can allow or encourage accommodation between a proper national government and an unambiguously criminal organization. By definition, under pertinent rules, Hamas is an illegal organization. Even if an insurgent group claims the legal right to wage violent conflict for “self-determination” — Hamas’s argument — the group does not have the […]

Israel Scoring Own Goal with Land Annexation

Instead of seizing the opportunity to create a new coalition against radical Islam, Israel is insisting on stealing the limelight and providing its enemies with further ammunition.

Jerusalem’s 9/11 Living Memorial

Families and friends of the five Israeli victims of 9/11 gathered together at Jerusalem’s 9/11 Living Memorial. The U.S. Ambassador to Israel stated: “No one can understand our pain as Israel can.”