Military strikes alone won’t stop the Houthis without direct pressure on Iran
March 20, 2025 | Oved Lobel
If the US Administration’s rhetoric is not simply bluster and does reflect the intent of the Administration to restore freedom of navigation through the Red Sea – including via direct strikes against Iranian assets, a much more devoted interdiction campaign and orchestrating a ground component – there are reasons to hope this operation in Yemen could succeed where previous ones have failed.
Pay-for-Slay is likely still Pay-for-Slay
March 7, 2025 | Alana Schetzer
When embattled Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced that the PA would restructure its ‘pay-to-slay’ policy – its system of financially rewarding imprisoned terrorists, or the families of terrorists killed – in late January, the news was met with a mix of cautious optimism and scepticism.
Gaza protests: A turning point or a moment of desperation?
April 2, 2025 | Justin Amler
Gazans are protesting not out of a moral change of heart, but out of sheer desperation. Perhaps some are realizing the harsh truth: when you initiate a war with the explicit goal of eradicating another nation and you fail, consequences follow.
Trump needs to hit Iran where it hurts: Tehran, not Yemen
March 30, 2025 | Oved Lobel
[If]… despite the administration’s tough rhetoric, the US ineffectively bombs the Houthis for several days or weeks with no ground component, no increased interdiction campaign, and no strikes against the Iranian regime, is likely to dramatically embolden already-emboldened Western adversaries.
Trump’s Iran gambit catches Israel off guard
April 28, 2025 | Ilan Evyatar
Sitting beside Netanyahu at a joint press conference, Trump dropped a diplomatic bombshell by announcing that the United States would begin direct nuclear talks with Iran within the week.
Scribblings: Happy, but no accident
April 28, 2025 | Tzvi Fleischer
Even before October 7, many people found it a bit counter-intuitive, an anomaly even, that Israel – with its frequent conflict and terrorism, vituperative politics and unusually high cost-of-living – was regularly situated near the top of the annual World Happiness Index…
Essay: Fading towards Fascism
April 28, 2025 | Shalom Lappin
Since the Hamas terrorist attack of October 7, 2023, Diaspora Jews have found themselves under sustained assault on a variety of fronts, from much of the radical left, and its Islamist allies. People who pose as guardians of equality and anti-racism are leading violent demonstrations praising mass murder attacks against Israelis.
