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China in the Islamic/Muslim World

Guermantes Lailari
I authored an article in early April 2024 “China’s Support of Hamas: Evidence and Actions” for the Jewish Policy Center’s quarterly inFOCUS Quarterly (Spring...

Defining Victory in Gaza – Key Objectives

Shoshana Bryen
Not long ago, I wrote an article titled, “Hostage Talks Won’t Work; Winning the War Will.” A retired American military officer wrote to ask,...

Egypt: Israel’s Alleged ‘Peace Partner’

Shoshana Bryen
In capturing Rafah between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, Israel uncovered more than 50 smuggling tunnels — some large enough to drive trucks through. Big...

Hostage Talks Won’t Work, Winning the War Will

Shoshana Bryen
Forget the so-called “hostage talks,” which are simply a mechanism for stretching out the war and increasing pressure on Israel. They are a sign...

The Jewish Progressive Contradiction

Joshua Grundleger
On October 7, as Hamas marauded through southern Israel, its agonizing massacre upended much more than routine Israeli life. Of all the attack’s implications,...

‘De-escalation’ is a Fraud

Shoshana Bryen
The most prevalent rumor regarding a possible Iranian attack on Israel was that Iran would strike over Tisha B’Av, Judaism’s somber commemoration of the...

Ukraine Attacks Europe’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

Stephen Bryen
Ukraine has attacked the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP), the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, located in southeastern Ukraine on the shore of the...

Tisha B’Av in Israel 2024

Hillel Fuld
I need to get something off my chest, and this only became clear to me 45 seconds ago. I think I speak for a lot...

China’s Malicious Influence in the Middle East

Shoshana Bryen
More than a dozen Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, signed a joint declaration in Beijing last month to create an interim unity government that would...

Escalation vs. Restraint: The Strategic Dilemma for Israel

Efraim Inbar
Governments in many capitals of the world have repeatedly expressed apprehensions about escalation of the Gaza conflict and Hezbollah’s war of attrition against Israel. They...

U.N. Court Orders Jews—‘Get Out!’

Eric Rozenman
The U.N. International Court of Justice ruled on July 19 that Israel should get out of “illegally occupied Palestinian territory”—the West Bank (Judea and...

A Big Win for Israel

Harold Rhode
Following Israel’s recent strike on Houthi targets in Yemen, White House National Security Communications Advisor John F. Kirby said: “We did not participate in...

Attacks Have Consequences: Israel Responds to Yemen

Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen
Hodeida, Yemen, a port operated by Houthi terrorists is burning. Israel bombed a large weapons depot there. The strike was retaliation for a drone strike on...

Trump’s Speech Offers Breath of Fresh Air for Israel

Shoshana Bryen
Israel didn’t take up a lot of room in former President Donald J. Trump’s nomination acceptance speech. It didn’t have to. The entire convention was...

Biden Stumbled — But Not The Way You Thought

Shoshana Bryen
After President Joe Biden’s Thursday press conference, most people appeared to have fixated on the gaffes. Okay, that is fun. But the president appeared to...