Only Israel Can Preserve Jerusalem as a Holy City for Three Faiths
The historical record is clear.
November 9, 2017
Why Israel Vowed to Protect a Pro-Assad Syrian Village, and Why That’s Risky
Jerusalem must maintain its covenant with the Druze while staying out of the Syrian civil war.
The Syrian Salafist rebel group Tahrir al-Sham—which is closely tied to al-Qaeda—carried out a suicide bombing last week in the Syrian Druze village of Hader, located just a few miles from the Israeli side of the Golan Heights. The village’s residents, like most Syrian Druze, have remained loyal to Bashar al-Assad throughout the civil war, and are thus considered enemies by Tahrir al-Sham. In response to pressure from Israeli Druze, the IDF warned Tahrir al-Sham that any attack on Hader will be repulsed forcefully. But protecting Syrian Druze, Yoav Limor explains, poses a dilemma for Jerusalem:
November 9, 2017
Why Israel Vowed to Protect a Pro-Assad Syrian Village, and Why That’s Risky
Jerusalem must maintain its covenant with the Druze while staying out of the Syrian civil war.
Being Anti-Nazi in 2017 Doesn’t Require Courage or Conviction
It doesn’t even require refraining from anti-Semitism.
How Halakhah Differs from Philosophy in Solving the Trolley Problem
Balancing law and intuition.
Rethinking the Link between Sexual Repression and Sexual Abuse
Deprived, or depraved?