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November 20, 2019

Why Iranians Are Setting Their Own Banks on Fire

And why Americans can help them by tightening sanctions.

Following a hike in gas prices, thousands of Iranians took to the streets in protest on Friday, in some places setting fire to banks and shops. While the regime has shut down the Internet, arrested hundreds, and killed at least a dozen, the demonstrations continue. Ray Takeyh explains what’s behind them, and what they portend:

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November 20, 2019

  1. Israel Doesn’t Violate International Law When It Allows Jews to Live and Build Houses in the West Bank

    Why Mike Pompeo is correct about the settlements.

  2. Why Iranians Are Setting Their Own Banks on Fire

    And why Americans can help them by tightening sanctions.

  3. What Conservative Judaism Can Learn from Chabad

    Do a mitzvah!

  4. Argentina Turns away from the Democracies, and Back toward Iran

    Bad news from Buenos Aires.

  5. The Story of a Sephardi Family, and the Transformation of the Middle East

    Now the spirit of Salonika rests in Israel.