The Turkish-Russian Ceasefire in Syria, and Its Implications for Israel
Russia has greater clout, and will tolerate attacks on its allies.
March 19, 2020
The Turkish-Russian Ceasefire in Syria, and Its Implications for Israel
Russia has greater clout, and will tolerate attacks on its allies.
In recent weeks, the assault by Bashar al-Assad and his Iranian and Russian allies on the Idlib province in northwestern Syria has created the greatest humanitarian crisis of the nine-year civil war. The incursion has displaced roughly one-million civilians over a 60-day period that began when the pro-Assad coalition pushed past the boundaries of the 2018 Sochi ceasefire. This led Ankara to respond with its most aggressive intervention to date, in which it succeeded in destroying Syrian positions and demonstrating some degree of tactical superiority. Nevertheless, at Gallia Lindenstrauss, Daniel Rakov, and Remi Daniel explain, the new ceasefire between Turkey and Russia shows that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to achieve any of his strategic goals:
March 19, 2020
The French Government’s Contradictory Attitude toward Anti-Semitism Undermines Attempts to Fight It
If France can’t condemn Hamas abroad, how can it condemn anti-Semites at home?
Philip Roth’s Self-Indulgent Paranoia Comes to the Small Screen
An inadvertent warning about the dangers of political infantilization.
Students for Justice in Palestine Doesn’t Care About Justice—or Even Health—for Palestinians
An honest question from a curious student brings to light Israel-Palestinian cooperation.
When a German-Jewish Artist and Zionist Activist Met the Jews of Eastern Europe
Hermann Struck’s World War I.