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January 17, 2025

The Strategic Logic of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Hostage-Deal Gambit

Hamas can declare victory, but Israel might be able to gain the advantage.

For all these reasons, Israeli society is deeply divided over the current agreement. There has already been political fallout in Itamar Ben-Gvir’s pledge to take his far-right Otzmah Yehudit party out of the governing coalition. This won’t topple the government, but it does render it less stable.

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January 17, 2025

  1. The Deal with Hamas Involves Painful, but Perhaps Necessary Concessions

    The high price for the failures of October 7.

  2. The Strategic Logic of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Hostage-Deal Gambit

    Hamas can declare victory, but Israel might be able to gain the advantage.

  3. Although International Law Has Its Place, It Can’t Prevent the Horrors of History from Repeating

    But it can do harm.

  4. Exodus Is about Much More Than Leaving Egypt

    A fresh look at the Bible’s second book.

  5. The Jewish Role in the American Revolution

    “A Parcel of the Lowest People, chiefly Carpenters, Shoemakers, Blacksmiths, etc. with a Jew at their head.”