Fighting among Palestinians in Lebanon Could Be a Harbinger of Things to Come
Israel’s northern neighbor keeps its Palestinian population in poverty and isolation.
August 2, 2023
Recent Israeli Legislation Could Pave the Way to Normalization with Saudi Arabia
What Riyadh, Washington, and Jerusalem all want.
In 1993, the Israeli Supreme Court demanded that the Shas-party politician Aryeh Deri be fired from his cabinet post because he was about to be indicted on corruption charges—on the grounds that doing otherwise would be “unreasonable.” Deri is now once again the leader of Shas and, thanks to the bill passed by the Knesset last week that removes the Court’s authority to cancel ministerial appointments on “reasonableness” grounds, is poised to join the cabinet once again. While much attention has been paid to the implications of this development for Israel’s internal affairs, Michael Oren observes that it might profoundly affect foreign policy:
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Recent Israeli Legislation Could Pave the Way to Normalization with Saudi Arabia
What Riyadh, Washington, and Jerusalem all want.
California Shouldn’t Keep Special-Education Funds from Its Religious Citizens
Deploying discrimination to prevent willing institutions from supporting the most vulnerable.
Unearthing a Building Incinerated during the Babylonian Siege of Jerusalem
A 2,500-year-old case of arson.
The West’s Baby Bust
Delayed childbearing, environmental fears, and a sex recession.