The FBI’s Gratuitous and Futile Investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s Death
Ignoring terrorists who murdered Americans, while making hay over the accidental death of a Palestinian journalist.
November 17, 2022
What Israel Gains from Reconciliation with Turkey
Despite their differences, the two countries both see Iran as a threat.
Three weeks ago, the Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz visited Ankara, where he met with his Turkish counterpart as well as with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in what seemed a further step toward reconciliation between the two countries. Yet Turkey still refuses to accede to Jerusalem’s requests that it expel Hamas from its territory. Ankara, now reeling from a terrorist attack, has been in a difficult position both economically and diplomatically for some time, and it is easy to see how it might benefit from mending fences with one of the strongest powers in the region. But what, asks Eran Lerman, is in it for Israel?
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Menachem Begin’s Minyan and Israel’s Future
The meaning of the first majority-Orthodox government.
For the Expressive Individualist, Other People Are Just a Means to Self-Fulfilment
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The Life, Work, and Wanderings of Abraham Ibn Ezra
A medieval rabbi with “a love of language, dark humor, penchant for astrology, personal bitterness, and dour personality.”
What Israel Gains from Reconciliation with Turkey
Despite their differences, the two countries both see Iran as a threat.