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In Nuclear Talks, Iran Has Won the First Round
It’s already gotten important concessions from the U.S.
Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams is a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and is the chairman of the Tikvah Fund.
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The Unreformable Palestinian Authority
Pay for slay remains in effect.
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The Arab States Are Clueless about Fighting Palestinian Terror
The Cairo plan for Gaza would only make jihadists safer.
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Donald Trump Sees Gazans as People, Not as a Cause
“Gaza shall be forsaken.”
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American Middle East Policy Should Focus Less on Stability and More on Weakening Enemies
Time for a paradigm shift.
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Amnesty International Brooks No Dissent When It Comes to Defaming Israel
Who will guard the guardians of human rights?
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To Stop the Houthis, Punish Iran
What Donald Trump must do to keep American ships safe.
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Making Sense of the Cease-Fire in Lebanon
And what the Trump administration might bring.
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Australia Turns against Israel, While New Zealand Moves Closer
Elections have consequences down under.
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Where Is Lebanon’s Zelensky?
Hizballah has been crippled. It’s time for the Lebanese to take back their country.
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Podcast: Elliott Abrams on Whether American Jewry Can Restore Its Sense of Peoplehood
By Elliott Abrams, Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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What the Death of Ibrahim Aqil Means for Hizballah
Does the U.S. owe Israel $7 million?
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The Democracies Betray Israel at the UN
The nice, decent allies abstain.
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How America Lost a Naval War with the Houthis
A failure of political will, not military ability.
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The Head of the Palestinian Authority Just Called America a “Plague”
“No self-respecting country should permit itself to be treated this way.”
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Could a Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation Work?
Alternatives to the two-state solution.
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The ICJ’s Latest Attack on Israel Undermines the Very Idea of International Law
A political rather than legal opinion.
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As Hamas’s Reign of Terror Endures, the International Community Remains Obsessed with Jews Living in the Wrong Places
While ignoring pay for slay.
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Elliott Abrams on What Was Different about His Third Visit to Israel Since October 7
Israelis love their country and will sacrifice for it.
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How the U.S. Let Israel Down and Failed to Stand Up to Iran
Tehran has halted its nuclear program before, and can be induced to do so again.
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Hold Qatar Responsible for Al Jazeera’s Terrorist-Journalists
The network is independent in name only.
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The Moral Blindness of Jewish Anti-Zionism
A younger generation of American Jews faces a difficult choice.
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Spain’s Anti-Israel Agenda
Everybody expected this Spanish inquisition.
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The United Nations Can’t Vote Palestine into Existence
Magical thinking at Turtle Bay.
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The UN Quietly Admits It Exaggerated Civilian Casualties in Gaza
But don’t expect any corrections from the media.
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Why the Peace Process Keeps Failing
What happens at the negotiating table has little to do with reality.
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How Israel Can Beat Hamas and Deter Iran
Rafah must be the first step.
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The Genial, Jewish Joseph Lieberman
By Elliott AbramsCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Chuck Schumer’s Indefensible Attack on the Israeli Government
The senator doesn’t understand what Israelis want.
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For Europe’s Highest Judicial Body, Animal Rights Trump Those of (Jewish) Humans
Kosher slaughter is pronounced a danger to “public morals.”