Congress Should Step in to Prevent an American Capitulation to Iran
No sanctions relief until all U.S. hostages can come home.
April 14, 2021
Conflict over the Blue Nile Dam Could Destabilize the Middle East
Egypt and Ethiopia have a dam problem.
While Ethiopia is engaged in bloody internecine fighting in its Tigray region, and Sudan is in the midst of a significant political transition, plans for the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam—constructed athwart the Blue Nile, which flows into Sudan and there joins the waters of the White Nile and continues on to Egypt—continue apace. Since work on the dam began in 2011, it has been the subject of tension between Addis Ababa and Cairo, the latter fearing its potential effects on the Nile’s waters in Egypt. Both Egypt and Ethiopia have longstanding friendly relations with Israel, while Sudan only recently signed a peace treaty with the Jewish state. Alberto M. Fernandez examines the implications for the Middle East:
April 14, 2021
Conflict over the Blue Nile Dam Could Destabilize the Middle East
Egypt and Ethiopia have a dam problem.
An Ill-Conceived American Reset with the Palestinians
Washington should expect something in return.
The Earliest Memorial to the Zionist Movement’s Fallen Soldiers
And its translation into German.
Archaeologists Find Evidence of Medieval English Jewry’s Adherence to Kosher Laws
Eating herring in Oxford.
