Sooner or Later, War with Hamas Is Inevitable
Eventually Israel must put an end to its extortion.
November 13, 2018
Lessons for Today from the 1981 Saudi Arms Deal
AWACS and AIPAC.
In October 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he was going through with an agreement, initially negotiated during the Carter administration, to sell Saudi Arabia billions of dollars’ worth of sophisticated weaponry, including five Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS): airplanes whose advanced radar could detect otherwise undetectable incoming aircraft. Israeli officials, Prime Minister Menachem Begin included, were concerned that these systems would give Riyadh a technological edge over the IDF. Accordingly, the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) embarked on one of its most ambitious lobbying efforts ever to convince Congress not to approve the deal. Arnon Gutfeld offers a detailed history of the ensuing dispute and explains its relevance in light of the more recent controversy concerning Benjamin Netanyahu’s public opposition to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran:
November 13, 2018
Lessons for Today from the 1981 Saudi Arms Deal
AWACS and AIPAC.
Anti-Semitism Is a Form of Idolatry
Projecting fantasies of power.
A Masterful Study of Israeli History That Has Endured for Three Decades
Conor Cruise O’Brien’s The Siege.
The Remarkable Story of a Founder of Orthodox Judaism and His Tomb
The mausoleum of the Ḥatam Sofer.