Don’t Expect the Jerusalem Summit to Drive a Wedge between Russia and Iran
No agreement is better than a bad deal that boosts Moscow’s prestige at the expense of regional security.
June 14, 2019
Don’t Expect the Jerusalem Summit to Drive a Wedge between Russia and Iran
No agreement is better than a bad deal that boosts Moscow’s prestige at the expense of regional security.
Later this month, an unprecedented meeting will take place in Jerusalem among the top national-security officials of the U.S., Israel, and Russia to discuss the situation in Syria. Moscow is likely to seek financial aid for the reconstruction of the war-ravaged country, or at the very least an easing of sanctions on Bashar al-Assad. Washington and Jerusalem are likely to pressure the Russian government to reduce the presence of Iranian forces and Iran-backed militias in Syria, or at the very least to keep them away from the Israeli border. But to Anna Borshchevskaya, any promises made by Vladimir Putin’s representatives are not to be trusted:
June 14, 2019
Could Infighting and Ideological Rigidity Undermine the Israeli Right?
The lessons of 1988.
Is European-Style Anti-Semitism Making Its Way to the United States?
“If you call yourself an anti-Semite, they run you out of town; if you call yourself an anti-Zionist, you get tenure.”
For American Jews of a Bygone Era, May and June Were Confirmation Season
High on flowers, low on tradition.
Oberlin College Must Now Foot the Bill for Its Feckless Political Radicalism
A jury rules in favor of the bakery that school administrators tried to drive out of business.