For Iran, the Turkish Invasion of Syria Is a Mixed Blessing
Hassan Rouhani’s condemnation may be mere lip service.
October 28, 2019
Compromising with Netanyahu would be preferable to a third election.
The Joint List—an alliance of Arab political parties—emerged from the most recent Israeli election as the third-largest party in the Knesset. Thus Benny Gantz, the leader of the Blue and White party now tasked with trying to form a governing coalition, must consider if he should court the Joint List’s support. To Ben-Dror Yemini, the positions taken by group’s parliamentarians, who have vocally supported terrorism and remain committed anti-Zionists, should disqualify them as political allies:
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Login or SubscribeHassan Rouhani’s condemnation may be mere lip service.
Compromising with Netanyahu would be preferable to a third election.
The Shoah did not target “human beings.” It targeted Jews.
A lesson from Jeremiah.
Like Milton’s Satan, it need only convince moderates of moral equivalence between the forces of good and evil.