A Turkish Hostage Crisis in the Making?
Natalie and Mordy Oknin would already be on a plane back to Israel if Erdoğan were to give the go-ahead. He rules Turkey’s roost, and all attempts to gloss over that fact are counterproductive.
Allies Step Up Confrontation with Iran as U.S. Looks to Scale Back from the Middle East
In recent months, the United States has sent unmistakable signals that, 20 years after 9/11, the era of its Middle East counter-terrorism mission is drawing to a close.
The Dollar’s Crashing Sends Waves Throughout Israel
Two seemingly parallel and completely unrelated things happened this week with an astonishing response.
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.
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.
Jerusalem Matters
From the 1840’s, the US had a consulate in Jerusalem, then under the Ottoman Empire.
Bennett’s Diplomatic Tsunami
Captive to his post-Zionist and anti-Zionist coalition partners, Israel’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is predicated on making far-reaching concessions.