Israel’s Tactical Successes in Syria Haven’t Achieved a Strategic Victory
A missed opportunity?
June 20, 2023
Israel’s Migrant Crisis Was a Sign of Improving Relations with the Islamic World
The Egyptians “spit on us and called us monkeys and animals.” Israelis “gave us chocolate and juice and handcuffed us.”
Between 2006 and 2012, some 55,000 Africans—many of the Muslims, coming especially from Sudan and Eritrea—entered the Jewish state illegally via the Sinai Peninsula. Some fled war and famine; others merely sought opportunity. At the time, the influx of migrants caused much controversy, but since then the border has been sealed and the Israeli government arranged for about 20,000 to settle elsewhere. Of those who remain, some have become citizens and joined the IDF. Daniel Pipes revisits the episode, and what it suggests about changing Muslim attitudes toward Israel:
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The White House Is Ignoring the Law by Helping the Palestinian Authority Fund Terror
“Pay for slay” persists.
Israel’s Migrant Crisis Was a Sign of Improving Relations with the Islamic World
The Egyptians “spit on us and called us monkeys and animals.” Israelis “gave us chocolate and juice and handcuffed us.”
Remembering a Great American Jewish Writer, and Her Reverence for Family and Duty
Midge Decter’s legacy.
The Many Lives of One of Spain’s Most Magnificent Remaining Places of Jewish Prayer
Now known as the “synagogue of the Assumption.”