What can we learn so far from the war on Hamas?

The war on Hamas is not over, but certain lessons already seem very clear. Read more

Conditional Friendships

One can always discern when a potential friendship is really a conditional one. Read more

The day after

Trying to predict events when it comes to Israel and the region is fraught with uncertainty. Read more

Judge the Jewish rioters, but don’t rationalize Arab murderers

In terms of the amount of coverage it has received in the media, the most important event in the Middle East in the last week was a riot carried out by Jews that took place in the town of Huwara following a terrorist attack committed by Palestinian Arabs that took the lives of two young Jewish men. Read more

Looney Tunes

I remember as a youngster (last century) that one of the “shorts” always shown in the cinema before the main feature film was a series of cartoons called Looney Tunes. Read more

Majority of Israelis don’t trust Biden administration on critical issues, poll shows

The vast majority of Israeli do not trust the Biden administration to take into account Israeli interests during its negotiations with Iran over a renewed nuclear deal or in other critical matters, a new poll shows. Read more

Biden: ‘We’ve rebuilt ties with Palestinians, restored some $500 million in aid to PA’

The Biden administration has “rebuilt ties” with the Palestinian Authority and restored some $500 million in aid to it “without permitting terrorists to rearm,” U.S. President Joe Biden wrote in an op-ed published on Saturday night in The Washington Post. Read more

How America is helping Iran get a nuclear arsenal

As Iran reportedly reaches the brink of obtaining enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon, the Biden administration is now astoundingly colluding with this lethal rogue state against the interests of Israel and America’s allies in the region. Read more

How the West’s appeasement mentality brings not peace, but war

As the Ukraine crisis continues, one question, in particular, poses itself: How can it be that having defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War, the West is now unable to get the better of the leader of the bankrupt kleptocracy that replaced communism in Russia? Read more

US transfers $135 million in aid to UNRWA

The United States transferred $135.8 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Saturday, after signing a framework agreement with the refugee agency on July 14. Read more

America has made a serious mistake on UNRWA

The Biden administration’s regressive decision to include $150 million for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as part of its restoration of more than $200 million of financial aid to the Palestinians symbolizes its deeper refusal to recognize the gargantuan obstacle this agency has placed in the way of resolving their ongoing conflict with Israel. Read more