Pompeo: ‘Trump Administration will Continue to be a Force for Good’
“You can see nations coming to understand that the Palestinians have rejected reasonable offers to negotiate time and time again. The leadership has simply failed its own people,” says U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Thomas Friedman Lectures About Lying
The problem is that the columnist himself seems to disagree with his own words.
Trump’s Vital Parting Lesson to Israel
The Jewish state must bolster the foundational principle of its foreign affairs and defense policy: Israel can and must rely only on itself.
University of Illinois Commits to Addressing ‘Alarming’ Increase of Anti-Semitism on Campus
A new advisory group will “assist the chancellor and university leadership to identify opportunities to enhance the campus environment for students, faculty and staff, and to advance its commitment to an inclusive community where all feel welcome,” according to a statement.
The Approaching Storm in US-Israel Relations
Talk of Biden’s joviality and personal warmth, and of moderates versus radicals, are soothing distractions for Israelis about to face the most hostile U.S. administration in history.
The Personal Diplomacy Delusion
Like the false Oslo narrative, tributes to Saeb Erekat from diplomats show that the belief that peace is attainable through building relationships remains a myth.
The 2020 Election has been Terrible for the Jews
If we learned nothing else from the election campaign and its aftermath, we learned American democracy is in crisis.
Radical Middle East Actors Increasingly Turn to Drones
It does not require much imagination to envision how terror cells could use commercial drones in future attacks to hit sensitive sites.
Potholes on the Road to Middle East Peace
There’s concern that Biden will undo some of the Trump policies vis a vis Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, or the rejection of the notion that “settlements” are by definition illegal and an obstacle to peace.
Israel’s President Shouldn’t Obfuscate the Particularity of Anti-Semitism
Shame on Reuven Rivlin for marking the anniversary of Kristallnacht by taking a general stand against all forms of hatred.