What Can Be Learned from Israel’s Failed Budget Negotiations?
“Government Night” ends with a question mark.
February 28, 2023
How an Earthquake Collapsed the Border between Iran’s Syrian and Iraqi Operations
Shiite militias can now hide arms in aid convoys.
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Tehran has been managing a network of militias inside Iraq, which in 2014 were formally organized into the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). As the Islamic Republic has tightened its grip on Baghdad, these militias—responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. troops, countless massacres of Iraqis, and the suppression of protests in 2020—have come to play a role in the Iraqi government and often work alongside the country’s military. The recent earthquake along the Turkish-Syrian border, explains Erik Yavorsky, has now enabled them to team-up with their fellow Iranian proxies in Syria:
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How an Earthquake Collapsed the Border between Iran’s Syrian and Iraqi Operations
Shiite militias can now hide arms in aid convoys.
In America, Jews Should Fight Anti-Semitism with the Full Force of the Law
A tried-and-true alternative to tweets and visits to Holocaust museums.
Austria’s Jewish Chancellor, His Relationship with Israel, and His Enthusiasm for Arab Dictators
Bruno Kreisky and his “lousy people.”
Mennonites and Orthodox Jews Team Up to Make Kosher Milk
It started with tourism.