There’s a Chance the Trump Administration’s Peace Plan Just Might Work
This time, will Arab states encourage Palestinians to say “yes”?
April 5, 2019
The Syrian Civil War Is Coming to a Close, but Israel’s “Campaign between the Wars” Must Go On
Don’t count on Russian mediation.
In January, the outgoing IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot took the unprecedented step of speaking on the record about the systematic Israeli airstrikes on Iranian assets in Syria, which have been occurring for several years. These strikes, now discussed openly by Israeli officials, serve to impede the Islamic Republic’s efforts to take advantage of its intervention in the Syrian civil war to move men and materiel into positions from which to attack the Jewish state. Although the civil war may be coming to a close, Amos Yadlin and Ari Heistein argue that the “campaign between the wars”—as these operations are known in IDF lingo—must continue, but may face new challenges:
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The Syrian Civil War Is Coming to a Close, but Israel’s “Campaign between the Wars” Must Go On
Don’t count on Russian mediation.
A New Book about Zionism and the Left Misses the Big Picture
Problems “intrinsic to left politics rather than random aberrations.”
How the Talmud’s Depiction of Fetuses Learning the Entire Torah Differs from Its Platonic Parallel
An emphasis on human relationships.
A Painting Looted by the Nazis Returns to Its Rightful Inheritors
A Scholar Sharpening His Quill.