While Iran has strangled Kuwait and Qatar’s ability to export energy and fund repairs for costly damage inflicted by Iranian attacks, Saudi Arabia has done nothing to challenge Tehran. Instead, Riyadh—the...
Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas do not end wars; they only pause them. They make limited concessions to secure a ceasefire, only to exploit the fragile status quo to rearm and prepare for the next round. This...
This conflict could finally free Beirut from Hezbollah
The Trump administration made history on November 24, 2025, when it issued an executive order calling for the U.S. government to designate “certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist...
The next war will not wait for Lebanon to find its courage. One year on from Lebanon’s signing of the November 27, 2024 Cessation of Hostilities with Israel, Beirut’s agreement to enforce UN Security...
Hezbollah and Berri likely hope to use talks to get the US and Israel off their backs and keep Hezbollah armed.
A Palestinian apology could pave the way for reconciliation by confronting the historical injustices inflicted on Lebanon. On October 26, Palestinian gunmen manning a checkpoint at Beirut’s Shatila...
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) and the Shin Bet intelligence agency published a joint statement on October 23 identifying eight Hamas members who took part in the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel...
Regional peace is a bad bet
Anti-Zionist ideology has crystallized as the dominant form of antisemitism in this century, with labor unions engaging it, and in some cases, propelling it.
For over five decades, many Arab leaders have blamed Israel’s alleged intransigence, belligerence, and unfulfilled promises for the persistent failure to achieve Arab-Israeli peace. Yet, Lebanon’s...
A Palestinian walks into a UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) office and asks to be removed from its refugee registry. UNRWA says no. It sounds like the start of a bad joke. But the joke has been going...
The ayatollahs adopted the Muslim Brotherhood’s worldview to make the destruction of the Jewish state the regime’s holy cause. The Shia leadership in Najaf now has the chance to return the Shia world to pacifism
To my mind, the sickening fate of journalist Daniel Pearl signaled the beginning of the revived trend that Jews are still confronting.
Abbas Calls on Hamas to End War: Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas called on Hamas to disarm, release the remaining Israeli hostages, and relinquish control of...
Dead-on-arrival plan for non-factional interim committee to run Gaza during transition is dissociated from reality
Lifshitz Advocated for Palestinian Rights: The wife of slain Israeli hostage Oded Lifshitz, 83, lamented during a eulogy at her husband’s funeral on February 25 that he was killed...
Israel-bashing president of the International Court of Justice hardly seems the one to bring peace with neighbor
Most of the residents are descended from Arabs who fled Beit Jibrin in 1948. Today, it is also home to wanted suspects who have engaged in terrorism or who may be active in threats against Israel.
Once allies, Iran and Israel now face deep hostility due to the Islamic Republic’s anti-Israel stance; many Iranians, frustrated with the regime’s oppression and failed policies, view Israel as a natural ally, embracing shared interests and historic bonds