Iran Wins Another Victory in Iraq
Baghdad capitulates to the militias.
July 8, 2020
The Prospect of American Retreat from the Middle East Is Encouraging Israel to Extend Its Sovereignty into the West Bank
The Jewish state is vulnerable without firm control of the Jordan Valley.
Why does Benjamin Netanyahu, whose career has largely been defined by caution, seem intent on taking the dramatic step of applying Israeli law to the southern and eastern suburbs of Jerusalem, and to the Jordan Valley? Haviv Rettig Gur argues that the move is a strategic response to Washington’s efforts to disentangle itself from the Middle East, which began under President Obama and will likely continue whatever the results of the 2020 elections:
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The Prospect of American Retreat from the Middle East Is Encouraging Israel to Extend Its Sovereignty into the West Bank
The Jewish state is vulnerable without firm control of the Jordan Valley.
How Palestinian Schools Erase Palestinian Christians
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The cadences of the Talmud left their mark on Yiddish, and Israeli, speech patterns.
Preserving Records of Ottoman Jewish Cemeteries, Thanks to Bernard Lewis
With 100,000 photos of 61,022 tombstones.