The connection between WWI armistice and WWII Kristallnacht
Two grimly sobering anniversaries fall in November. On the 9th and 10th, we will mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht—the orgy of murder and violence that devastated Jewish communities across Nazi Germany in 1938....
Where does Rep. Joe Kennedy, the latest high-profile politician from one of the highest-profile...
Ahead of November’s midterm elections, much Jewish communal concern and debate has centered on the anti-Israeli views of Democratic congressional candidates such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib in New York and Michigan, respectively, coming against the backdrop...
The story behind the story of Jamal Khashoggi
The disappearance and presumed murder of the Saudi exile Jamal Khashoggi has caused a crisis of relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to sign some papers...
Is Iran trying to drag Israel into a war in Gaza?
Hamas, the rulers of the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian terrorist group Islamic Jihad both were quick to deny launching rockets from Gaza on Wednesday, after a Grad rocket fired on Israel scored a direct hit on...
Memo from the UN: Message of missiles fired from an UNRWA facility
On Wednesday, Ocefunetober 17th, The Center for Near East Policy Research provided a briefing at the UN Correspondents Association at the UN, followed by a confidential briefing for the officials of the UN Secretary...
Conspicuous irony: Lecturing to a Trump rally against ‘mob rule’
Since the Kavanaugh hearings and controversy, President Trump has lectured his rally audiences about dangers of mob rule. Ironically, from the standpoint of the Founding Fathers and their fears about "The People," these Trump rally audiences constitute the best...
Developing northern Sinai – A new diplomatic paradigm
The withdrawal of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas from the peace process, his actions against the Hamas leadership, the worsening of the economic situation in Gaza to the point of a humanitarian crisis, the escalation...
Hamas attack tunnels are still a serious danger
The IDF and the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, led by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, are continuing to fight a “battle of wits” over the tunnels in the Gaza Strip. Israel has introduced...
Elections are in the Israeli air
Elections are in the air in Israel. Though there’s as yet no date for when the country as a whole will go to the polls, municipal elections will be held at the end of...
How Everyone Got Played by the Khashoggi Disappearance
The mystery of the ex-Saudi editor and writer Jamal Khashoggi's presumed disappearance from the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago seems to be deepen with each passing day.
The gruesome picture of the writer...