Bahrain Could Be the Next Target of Iranian Expansion
A springboard for attacks on Saudi Arabia?
January 31, 2018
Bahrain Could Be the Next Target of Iranian Expansion
A springboard for attacks on Saudi Arabia?
The island nation of Bahrain is allied with the U.S. and Saudi Arabia; it is also a Shiite-majority country governed by a narrow Sunni elite. Through 2011, restive Shiites periodically rioted or engaged in low-grade terror: throwing Molotov cocktails and setting off bombs meant to frighten rather than to kill or maim. But since then, the armed opposition has grown more sophisticated, relying on small, harder to penetrate cells, carefully planned attacks, and far more sophisticated and deadly explosives. Michael Knights and Matthew Levitt see much evidence of support from Iran and Hizballah:
January 31, 2018
Ireland’s Boycott-Israel Bill Violates EU and International Law and Will Damage Trade with the U.S.
It also does nothing to help Palestinians.
Tu b’Shvat: Tax Deadline, Holiday of the Trees, or an Expression of Longing for the Land of Israel?
Celebrating the fruits of the holy land.
The Jews Who Fought Hitler, and the Jewish Army That Wasn’t
Some things haven’t changed in 70 years.
A New Work of Fiction Suggests Living Forever Isn’t Everything It’s Cracked Up to Be
Dara Horn’s Eternal Life.