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July 27, 2018

The UN’s Dubious Role in Keeping the Peace between Israel and Syria

There’s no going back to 2010.

At the end of last month, the UN Security Council passed a little-remarked-upon resolution renewing the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force on the Golan Heights (UNDOF) for the duration of 2018 and instructing this force to resume those operations that had ceased with the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. UNDOF, created in 1974 to police the demilitarized zone separating Israel and Syria in the wake of the Yom Kippur war, presided over several decades of relative peace along the Golan, but largely ceased its activities due to the fighting in the area. Upon its return, writes Assaf Orion, it faces new challenges:

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July 27, 2018

  1. Why Netanyahu Is Right to Appeal to the Iranian People

    The precarious state of the Islamic Republic.

  2. The ADL’s Partisan Turn Undermines Its Mission of Fighting Anti-Semitism

    Not even maintaining a pretense.

  3. The UN’s Dubious Role in Keeping the Peace between Israel and Syria

    There’s no going back to 2010.

  4. The Anti-Semitic Artwork of Europe’s Churches

    From blood libels to the “Jew sow.”

  5. Understanding the Minor Holiday of Tu b’Av as a Correction to the Abuse of Women in an Era of Moral Breakdown

    A rabbinic “MeToo” reckoning?