U.S. Pressure on Iran Is Curbing the Mullahs’ Ability to Shed Blood
The way to moderate Tehran’s behavior does not involve “strengthening the moderates.”
March 9, 2020
A “Cash-for-Quiet” Deal with Qatar Is Likely to Harm Israel
Jerusalem can learn a lesson from Riyadh.
A few weeks ago, news broke that two senior Israeli defense officials had visited Qatar, the major source of funding for Hamas as well as for many other Muslim Brotherhood-linked organizations. Most likely, they came to discuss a continuation of the status quo, in which Israel has allowed the emirate to keep the Gaza Strip from economic collapse while ensuring Hamas’s continued rule there—in exchange for Qatari pressure on the terrorist group to engage in less terrorism. Udi Levi comments:
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Israel’s Supreme Court May Have Sown the Seeds of Its Own Disempowerment
Its edict crippling lame-duck governments has led voters to rally around Prime Minister Netanyahu.
A “Cash-for-Quiet” Deal with Qatar Is Likely to Harm Israel
Jerusalem can learn a lesson from Riyadh.
Does the Book of Esther Portray Diaspora Heroism or Its Opposite?
A new exegesis and its flaws.
Dvorah Drechler, the Pioneering Jewish Soldier Who Died in Battle a Century Ago
Tel Hai’s other hero.