Tag: Middle East
Jewish groups urge extradition of Ahlam Tamimi; Jordan unlikely to turn over terrorist
The American Jewish Committee mentions Ahlam Tamimi twice on its website—in 2020 and in 2018. Neither the AJC’s nor its chief executive officer’s account on X (formerly Twitter) seems to have ever posted about...
Washington, Jerusalem divided on latter’s role in new ‘economic corridor’
The Biden administration announced what it called a “landmark” economic corridor between India, the Middle East and Europe at the G20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9.
The corridor will “stimulate economic development through...
The Abraham Accords, three years on
Almost three years have elapsed since the signing of the Abraham Accords on the White House lawn. Everything appeared to be progressing smoothly until last month, when a planned visit of Israeli Foreign Minister...
Israeli Arab activist stands firm after attack on flight
A prominent Israeli-Arab social media activist who was accosted on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv for his unabashedly pro-Israel posts said Wednesday that the assault only strengthened his views, and that he...
Nothing is inevitable: The lessons of Israel’s Libya fiasco
There may be plenty of blame to go around for what happened this past week between Israel and Libya. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s decision to announce the news of a meeting with Libyan...
Why Biden’s new ‘Iran Deal Lite’ is raising alarm
Since Iran defiantly rebuked recent U.S. efforts to renew the failed 2015 nuclear deal, President Joe Biden is trying Plan C—a dramatically weakened strategy to “contain” instead of “prevent” Iran’s nuclear weapons development.
This new...
Any deal with Iran requires congressional approval
Iran is pretty much a nuclear threshold state, having enriched enough uranium to build multiple nuclear bombs within a few weeks while hard at work weaponizing them in a timeframe that is so far...
Did Israel lose the Syrian war? Not yet
Ehud Yaari’s recent op-ed “How Israel Lost the Syrian War” provides unequaled insight into Israel’s and other states’ actions during the Syrian civil war. He describes Israel’s tactical successes, noting that IRGC leader Qassem Soleimani’s “original...
Israeli FM: Negev Forum postponed, not canceled
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Sunday corrected Israeli media reports that Morocco had cancelled the second gathering of the Negev Forum, a group formed to advance the Abraham Accords.
Cohen admitted that the postponement...
Gallant: Iran operating ‘floating terror bases’
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant revealed on Monday that Iran is converting commercial vessels into armed military platforms, equipped with drones, missiles and advanced reconnaissance systems.
These "floating terror bases" were an extension of Iran's...