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September 22, 2015

What Will Hizballah Do with a Few Billion Dollars?

For starters: threaten Israel, kill Jews in South America, terrorize Lebanon, and destabilize Iraq.

Now that Iran is poised to receive more than $50 billion from the lifting of sanctions, it will no doubt direct some of the money to Hizballah, which has suffered cutbacks in recent years even as it has expanded operations. Matthew Levitt testified to Congress last week about the likely results, which include replenishing Hizballah forces along the Israel-Lebanon border. And there’s much more:

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September 22, 2015

  1. What Will Hizballah Do with a Few Billion Dollars?

    For starters: threaten Israel, kill Jews in South America, terrorize Lebanon, and destabilize Iraq.

  2. The Politicization of Middle East Studies Reaches New Heights

    An academic organization rallies together to defend anti-Semites.

  3. Tax Exemptions for Churches Protect Religious Freedom

    They’re not subsidies, and they don’t violate the separation of church and state.

  4. Why Read the Book of Jonah on Yom Kippur?

    “Sin and divine judgment, repentance and divine forgiveness.”

  5. Visiting the Western Wall, and the al-Aqsa Mosque, as a Muslim Woman

    Jews and Muslims, tolerance and intolerance.