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May 13, 2016

Israel and Islamic State in Syria

Ultimately, Iran is the bigger threat.

Analyzing Islamic State’s military successes and failures thus far, Hillel Frisch notes that after its stunning victories in 2014 over the ill-trained and poorly motivated Iraqi army, IS has had trouble defeating the Syrian and Kurdish militaries, and would likely be at a far greater disadvantage against the IDF. True, there are reasons to fear IS will expand its control in Syria and from there into Lebanon and Jordan, giving it an opportunity to attack Israel. Nevertheless, Frisch concludes, the greater threat to Israel lies elsewhere:

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May 13, 2016

  1. Anti-Semitism Is Not Like Other Forms of Prejudice

    From Berlin then to Oberlin now.

  2. Israel and Islamic State in Syria

    Ultimately, Iran is the bigger threat.

  3. The Soviet Dissidents Who Used a Non-Binding International Accord to Fight for Freedom

    Lessons of the Helsinki movement.

  4. Did Maimonides Value Philosophical Knowledge over Jewish Law?

    Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s answer.

  5. The Maccabean Revolt: The Other Side of the Story

    What Seleucid inscriptions tell us.