The Century-Long Palestinian Effort to Reverse the Balfour Declaration, and Its Implications
Substituting symbolism for practical action.
March 29, 2017
Russia, Israel, and the Denouement of the Syrian Civil War
Assad will stay, but will Iran remain supreme?
Benjamin Netanyahu visited Moscow earlier this month and met with Vladimir Putin to discuss the situation in Syria—his fourth such visit since 2015. By now, argue Zvi Magen and Udi Dekel, Russia has decisively tipped the scales in the Syrian civil war, successfully ensuring that the Assad regime will remain in place; what remains to be decided is whether, and how, the country will be divided once the fighting comes to an end. This question was most likely foremost on Netanyahu’s mind during his last meeting with the Russian president:
March 29, 2017
Russia, Israel, and the Denouement of the Syrian Civil War
Assad will stay, but will Iran remain supreme?
Liberal Rabbis Shouldn’t Be Sowing Political Division in Jewish Communities
Anti-Semitism existed before Donald Trump.
A Ḥasidic Poet Transcends the Usual Fare of Modern Verse
The two worlds of Yehoshua November.
Israeli High-School Students Help Uncover a 2,000-Year-Old Jewish Village
With hideouts from the Bar Kokhba Revolt.