Why should the US care if Hamas moves against Israel from Lebanon?
With Iranian help, Hamas, which controls Gaza, is creating a presence in Hezbollah’s backyard in Lebanon. Should it be of any concern to American security interests that Iran supports both…
How the Iraqi Election Affects U.S. National Security Interests
Published by Kurdistan 24. This week’s Iraqi parliamentary election has profound implications for American national security interests. Yet the American people and the Biden administration are either uninterested, weary of…
MEPIN Weekend Note: An invitation
Former ambassador Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has graciously offered my readers an invitation to listen to his conversation with President Biden’s…
MEPIN Weekend Note: Some thoughts on Bob Woodward’s latest book, Peril
I am finishing Bob Woodward’s new book, Peril. Like his previous books, it has been very insightful and provided details I was unaware of. However, it also reminded me there…
What do triggers, trauma and civil rights have in common?
Published in JNS. On the third anniversary of his mother’s death, a friend shared the story of her life during the Holocaust. He told us about how she escaped before…
Should the US consider Iran’s ‘deniable’ attacks a significant threat?
Published in The Hill. For years, Iranian-directed proxies in Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza and Syria have attacked the Islamic Republic’s enemies. The West has willfully ignored the overwhelming evidence and…
Who is winning the Gaza War of Attrition?
Published in the October 11, 2021 issue of the Jerusalem Report. Image source: Amir Cohen, Reuters During a recent presentation, I was asked how Israel could get rid of Hamas…
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Is the Palestinian Authority secular or Islamist?
Published in The Jerusalem Post. Everyone knows Hamas is part of the Muslim Brotherhood and is a religiously-motivated Islamist organization. But what about the Palestinian Authority and President Mahmoud Abbas?…
The dangerous impotence of UNIFIL’s mission in Lebanon
Published in the Times of Israel. Lebanon is in economic freefall, and the sectarian tensions between Shiite, Sunni, Christian, and Druze have paralyzed the government. Lebanon’s true power, Hezbollah is…
i24TV News: One Year of the Abraham Accords
The first anniversary of the Abraham Accords is a time for celebration and concern. The celebration is because the unthinkable happened. Arab states developed warm diplomatic relations with Israel before…