Palestinian Miscalculations Have Led to a New War | Opinion Shoshana Bryen
, Senior Director, Jewish Policy Center On 5/12/21 at 6:30 AM EDT
Things tend to run together in the Middle East. Right now, Sheikh Jarrah, Palestinian elections, the Hamas-Fatah civil war, the Abraham Accords, U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Iran sanctions, Jerusalem Day, the Meron tragedy, Israel s electoral issues and American money and diplomacy are all tangled.
If you aren t willing to untangle them, it s probably a good idea not to say much, whether you are the Biden administration, a member of Congress or just a journalist attuned to press releases that suit your vision.
What Stands Behind the New Palestinian War Against Israel? | Opinion Caroline Glick
, Author and senior columnist, Israel Hayom On 5/12/21 at 12:00 PM EDT
For the past two days, on an hourly basis, the attacks on Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza and the attacks on Israeli Jews by Israeli Arabs grow worse. What on Sunday was a story limited to Arab violence against Jews and Israeli police in three main focal points in Jerusalem, as well as a few dozen rocket launches against southern Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza, had by Tuesday night been transformed into a full-on war.
By Wednesday, Hamas had launched more than 1,000 rockets, mortars and missiles at southern and central Israel including 137 launched toward the south in just a five-minute span on Tuesday, and a hundred rockets lobbed toward central Israel in just over an hour on Tuesday night. By midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, three Israeli women had been killed by rocket attacks that struck thei
Russia: A Problem, Not a Threat | Opinion Joshua Shifrinson
, Assistant professor of International Relations, Boston University On 4/21/21 at 11:00 AM EDT
Is Russia a threat to the United States? Many policymakers and pundits certainly seem to believe so. Last month, President Joe Biden labeled Russian President Vladimir Putin a killer. Pundits and analysts make similar claims, warning of Moscow s eagerness to act as an anti-U.S. spoiler at every opportunity, declaring Russia s threat to the United States and its interests in Europe, and cautioning that Russia is globally resurgent in ways that we can t afford to dismiss. That Russian agents were responsible for the recent SolarWinds hack and influence operations around the last two presidential elections only underscores the problem. Russia, it seems, is wedded to challenging the U.S. both at home and abroad.