Naftali Bennett’s Meeting with Joe Biden Began to Repair the Cracks in the U.S.-Israel Alliance
But the Jewish state will need to improve relations with American Jewry to face the challenges ahead.
October 12, 2021
Hizballah Is Dragging Lebanon—and West Africa—into the Syrian Drug Trade
And further crippling the Lebanese economy in the process.
With its economy ravaged by civil war, Syria has become a center of production of Captagon, a powerful and addictive stimulant used by fighters to remain alert during long operations, and by partygoers to fuel long nights of revelry. Hizballah has partnered with the Assad regime in its Captagon trade—worth about $1 billion a year—which has begun to spill over into Lebanon. In a blow to that country’s faltering economy, Saudi Arabia recently banned produce imports from Lebanon because so many shipments were used to hide illegal drugs. Baria Alamuddin writes:
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How Israel Got Hit Hard by the Delta Variant—but Rode It Out
Early vaccination meant an earlier need for boosters.
Babi Yar, Site of One of the Holocaust’s Biggest Massacres, Is a Reminder of Both Nazi and Soviet Anti-Semitism
“Even when you walk through the valley of death, you are still making moral choices.”
Hizballah Is Dragging Lebanon—and West Africa—into the Syrian Drug Trade
And further crippling the Lebanese economy in the process.
Lost Photographs of Johnny Cash in the Holy Land
In one album, the American country musician brought his listeners on a musical tour of Israel.