Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Death Is Good News for Israel, but Doesn’t Mean the End of Islamic State
There are 30,000 IS guerrillas in Iraq and Syria, and thousands more in the Sinai.
October 29, 2019
To Make Iran Feel Maximum Pressure, the U.S. Should Reinstitute Sanctions on Its Most Dangerous Nuclear Projects
Tehran should not be allowed to violate the nuclear deal with impunity.
Later this week, the White House will decide whether to renew five waivers of sanctions on Tehran’s civilian nuclear program. The waivers were instituted as part of the 2015 agreement with the Islamic Republic, and President Trump has continued to renew them even after withdrawing from the agreement. But Andrea Stricker and Behnam Ben Taleblu argue that the U.S. should let the waivers on two of the most dangerous aspects of the Iranian nuclear arsenal—its reactors in the cities of Fordow and Arak—expire:
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Despite Reports to the Contrary, Egypt’s Copts Are Not Flourishing
Even if president Sisi is fighting those who would exterminate them.
To Make Iran Feel Maximum Pressure, the U.S. Should Reinstitute Sanctions on Its Most Dangerous Nuclear Projects
Tehran should not be allowed to violate the nuclear deal with impunity.
When It Comes to the Ultra-Orthodox, the (Otherwise) Liberal Media Are Accepting of Casual Anti-Semitism
Hasidim in the mist.
The Director and Choreographer of “Fiddler on the Roof,” and His Ambivalent Jewish Identity
What Jerome Robbins learned.