Israel Cannot Protect Itself with Airpower Alone
Only a determined ground effort can break the spirit of the enemy.
September 9, 2019
Negotiations with the Taliban Have Convinced the Terrorists They Can Win
The terms being considered would benefit Pakistan and endanger the U.S.
Last week, Zalmay Khalilzad, the American envoy in Afghanistan, told reporters that his negotiating team was on the cusp of an agreement with the Taliban, and outlined its terms. The U.S., according to Khalilzad, planned to remove its troops from the country in exchange for the Taliban’s promise not to allow it to be used by al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups. Soon thereafter, a series of attacks by the Taliban, which left an American soldier among the dead, drove Washington to suspend negotiations. Michael Rubin argues that no agreement along the proposed lines will bring peace:
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Negotiations with the Taliban Have Convinced the Terrorists They Can Win
The terms being considered would benefit Pakistan and endanger the U.S.
However the Israel Government Chooses to Act, the Chief Rabbinate Is Losing Its Control over Marriage
Increasing numbers of young people are simply bypassing the rabbinic establishment.
There Will Always be Jews Willing to Aid Anti-Semites
From the books of Maccabees to the Jewish sections of the Soviet Communist party.
Solving the Mystery of the Best-Preserved Dead Sea Scroll
A foreign mineral treatment?