Iran’s Militias in Iraq Threaten Israel
The next war with Hizballah could be far deadlier than the last.
March 8, 2019
Iran’s Militias in Iraq Threaten Israel
The next war with Hizballah could be far deadlier than the last.
Following the defeat of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, Tehran began organizing and arming Iraqi Shiite militias to fight the U.S. and its allies and to undermine the newly emergent government. These forces went on to play a key role in the fight against Islamic State (IS) and, to a lesser extent, against rebel forces in Syria. In collaboration with other Iranian proxies, they have secured control over both sides of an important border area between the two countries—operating, as always, under the direction of the Islamic Republic. It is likely, according to Lazar Berman and Jonathan Spyer, that the militias will next be used against Israel:
March 8, 2019
The Meaning of Congressional Democrats’ Lukewarm Response to Anti-Semitism in Their Ranks
Is Corbynization on the horizon?
Islam, Arab Public Opinion, and the Palestinians
Religious zeal, not nationalism, motivates Arab attitudes toward Israel.
In Britain, the Jewish Literary Volcano Is Stirring
Civilization’s weather vane.
How W.E.B. Du Bois Combated Anti-Semitism
And tried to call attention to the Holocaust.