With Russian Forces in Syria, Will Israel Be Able to Defend Itself Against Hizballah?
Why Netanyahu went to Moscow.
September 24, 2015
Why the al-Aqsa Mosque Is Safest under Israeli Protection
The other conflict over the Temple Mount.
Islamists, Pinhas Inbari explains, are deeply divided over the religious status of the al-Aqsa mosque and of Jerusalem in general. While the Muslim Brotherhood (of which Hamas is an offshoot) sees Jerusalem as its symbolic religious center and the mosque as itself holy, Salafists like Islamic State and al-Qaeda suspect the holiness of any site outside of Mecca and Medina and have downplayed the importance of Jerusalem. Further differences divide Sunni and Shiite Muslims, and divide Palestinians among themselves:
September 24, 2015
Why the al-Aqsa Mosque Is Safest under Israeli Protection
The other conflict over the Temple Mount.
Did Primo Levi’s Suicide Undermine the Message of His Books?
And was it really a suicide?
A Saudi-Led Coalition Has Killed Thousands of Civilians in Yemen. Where’s the Outrage?
Israel is held to a different standard, as usual.
The Journey to the Citron Trees of Morocco
This Sukkot, Jews around the world will import etrogim from remote regions of the Atlas Mountains.