John Kerry’s Shameful Parting Shot at Israel
An exclamation point on a failed foreign policy.
December 30, 2016
Egypt Is Expanding Its Military Capabilities. Should Israel Be Worried?
Just a little.
Shortly after being appointed defense minister by Egypt’s then-president Mohammed Morsi, Mohammed Abdel Fattah el-Sisi launched a large-scale rearmament program, which included the purchase of submarines from Germany and the implementation of previous arms deals with the U.S. After overthrowing Morsi in a coup, Sisi has continued to rearm, striking deals to procure helicopters, ships, aircraft, and more from France and Russia with the financial assistance of the Gulf states. Yet, note Yiftah S. Shapir and Kashish Parpiani, Egypt hardly needs such arms. It is already well-supplied by the U.S., and its major threats come from insurgents in the Sinai and guerrillas in Libya and Sudan, all of whom can be combatted without so extensive an arsenal. Shapir and Parpiani suggest an alternative explanation:
December 30, 2016
Iran’s Western Partners Have Blood on Their Hands
Europe should put an end to the burgeoning economic bonanza.
Egypt Is Expanding Its Military Capabilities. Should Israel Be Worried?
Just a little.
After the Maccabean Revolt, Jerusalem Entered an Era of Growth and Prosperity
The Hanukkah story didn’t end with the rededication of the Temple.
The Short History of “I Have a Little Dreidel”
The brothers who wrote two of the best-known Jewish melodies early in the last century.