The Multifaceted Risks of Sending Iron Dome Technology to Ukraine
Transferring the missile-defense system to Odessa would be costly, dangerous, and possibly useless.
March 24, 2022
The Growing Tension Between Saudi Arabia and the West
Attempts to placate Iran have soured American and British relations with Riyadh.
On Wednesday, two out of three British-Iranian hostages were released by Iran, following Britain’s payment to it of a $530 million debt. Their release, as Nigel Farage writes, is wonderful news for the prisoners and their families, but the manner in which it was arranged should cause great alarm. The former U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo called the debt repayment “blood money” and predicted that Iran will use the funds to “terrorize Israel, the UK, and the U.S.” Farage explains the context of the hostage negotiation and suggests that it might further damage Western relations with Saudi Arabia, a key regional rival to Iran.
Subscribe to Continue Reading
Get the best Jewish ideas and conversations. Subscribe to Tikvah Ideas All Access for $12/month
Login or SubscribeMarch 24, 2022
The Growing Tension Between Saudi Arabia and the West
Attempts to placate Iran have soured American and British relations with Riyadh.
The Kindertransport’s True Legacy
Less than a “noble tradition.”
How Judaism Views the Relationship between General Knowledge and Religious Study
Norman Lamm, Torah u-madda, and 21st-century Orthodoxy.
The “Song Searcher” of Jewish Ukraine
A new documentary about the man who captured Ukraine’s Jewish music.