In the Corridors and Backrooms, Israel Accomplishes Much at the UN
The annual ritual: countries that don't publicly recognize Israel's existence line up for its help.
September 26, 2017
For Israel, Egypt’s Attempt to Reconcile Rival Palestinian Leaders Changes Nothing
And it’s not a win for Mahmoud Abbas.
Officials from Hamas (which rules the Gaza Strip) and Fatah (which controls the Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank) traveled to Cairo earlier this month for Egyptian-brokered talks aimed at diffusing tensions between the two rival groups. As a result, Hamas made some important concessions, which Fatah seems poised to reciprocate. But as Gilead Sher, Kobi Michael, and Liran Ofek point out, the failure of several Hamas-Fatah agreements in past years suggests that the most recent understanding is unlikely to hold. They also explain the repercussions of this latest attempt:
September 26, 2017
For Israel, Egypt’s Attempt to Reconcile Rival Palestinian Leaders Changes Nothing
And it’s not a win for Mahmoud Abbas.
In Accepting Aristotle’s Ethical Doctrines, Did Maimonides Contradict the Jewish Idea of Repentance?
The conflicting ideals of virtue and law.
The Theory That Ashkenazi Jews Are Descended from Khazars Is Junk Science
History, genetics, and linguistics agree.
Mainline Protestant Churches Take Up the Anti-Israel Cause
“The Israeli occupation of Palestinian land is a sin against God and humanity.”