How Israel Defeated the PLO
“In the past 25 years, Israel’s economy has changed from a socialist command economy to a free-market economy and today Israel’s GDP per capita is higher than Japan’s.”
Giving Air-Defense System to Syria Threatens Broader War
Russian defense minister’s response to losing a surveillance plane to Syrian fire last week could spark a dangerous flare-up
Are American Jews Really Horrified About Israel?
Expecting Israelis to act against their own interests to appeal to distant American Jewish sensibilities is unreasonable.
Hezbollah’s Growing Partnership with Lebanon’s Army Provides Operational Cover
The fate of the LAF, it would seem, in any such scenario, would depend on its ability to stay out of the fighting.
Russia-Turkey Agreement to Prevent Syrian Invasion of Idlib, for Now
Russia and Turkey signed an agreement to prevent a Syrian regime offensive in Idlib this week.
Yad Sarah: From a Borrowed Vaporizer to an Adviser to the UN
It all began over 40 years ago when a religious Jewish high school teacher in Jerusalem named Rabbi Uri Lupolianski and his wife, Michal, borrowed an electric vaporizer from a neighbor when one of their children suffered from a winter cold.
Palestinian “Refugee-ism” Must End
The Palestinian Arabs have turned refugee status into a profession
The Trump Doctrine and the End of the ‘New World Order’
For years US hegemony didn’t provide security in the region, because the US was balancing too many interests to confront the multiplicity of threats.
Palestinian “Sacredness” and the Law of Armed Conflict
Under pertinent international law, permissible behavior can never stem from overtly wrongful behavior. It follows, inter alia, that insistent Palestinian pleas for “martyrdom” must necessarily represent calls for illegal expressions of force against Israel. Always, in these matters, what is sacred to the Palestinian side is also grievously unlawful.
Reducing the Malevolent Impact of UNRWA
U.S. President Donald Trump gave the Jewish people a gift of historic proportions by taking the issue of Jerusalem off the table back in December.