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TRUMP’S FINAL GIFT? Israel’s Massive Strike On Syria’s Iraqi Border Came With US Help

January 13, 2021

Iran Watch, Israel, Middle East, Regional Analysis, War Drums

With days to go until the Biden administration officially takes over at the White House, Israel launched another air attack on Iranian forces in Syria. While an attack on Syria by the IAF has become standard ...

Qatar-Saudi Deal A Pushback Against Iranian-Chinese Dominance

David Mark

January 6, 2021

Iran Watch, Israel, Middle East, Regional Analysis, UAE

The recently concluded Qatar-Saudi deal to end the blockade on Qatar has once again changed the equation and calibration of peace in the Middle East. There are those naysayers who believe the deal was conclude...

A NATION IN PROTEST: Breaking The Illusion and The Need For A New Israeli Ethos

David Mark

January 5, 2021

Israel, Land of Israel, Politics, Redemption

More than 15 years ago I was dragged out of the Neve Dekalim Synagogue by four soldiers and then bussed out of Gush Katif. In those moments I wondered why and where the protest movement to stop one of the lar...

Israel Goes To Elections, But An Uprising Is Beginning Against Its Anti-Settler Policies

David Mark

December 29, 2020

Frontlines, Israel, Redemption

Ahuvya Sandak, a 16 year old boy from Bat Ayin was killed last week when the vehicle he was riding in flipped over as a result of a police chase. When news first broke, the police closed off the area for six ...

MUSLIM EXTREMIST SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN INVITED TO JEWISH EVENT

Moshe Phillips

December 17, 2020

Israel, Politics, Radical Islam

A Muslim-American extremist has been disinvited from a Jewish-organized civil rights panel, and Jewish liberals are denouncing his removal as a suppression of free speech. But the real outrage here is that ...

A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE EFFIE EITAM / YAD VASHEM DISPUTE

Moshe Phillips

December 10, 2020

Israel, Politics

(Republished with author’s permission from the Israel Hayom news website) A storm of criticism has erupted over the possible nomination of Israeli war hero Effie Eitam, the son of a Holocaust rescuer, to th...

Has Israeli Drone Sales To Azerbaijan Backfired?

David Mark

December 9, 2020

Iran Watch, Israel, Middle East, Turkey, War Drums

The recently ended Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia concluded with Azerbaijan gaining far more territory than it had before the war. Baku's success came by way of strong military suppo...