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A Tale of Two Speeches: Yair Lapid and Mahmoud Abbas at the UN General Assembly
Whatever happens in the Israeli election November 1, it will clearly not change the current impasse as long as people devoted to the myths and extremism on display in Abbas’ speech continue to dominate the Palestinian leadership.
Read MoreWidespread unrest in Iran reflects the “Handmaid’s Tale” regime increasingly being imposed upon Iranian women
Iran continues to be convulsed by widespread unrest, reportedly affecting as many as 80 cities. According to Iranian regime sources, at least 41 people have been killed, and more than 1,200 arrested
Read MoreEditorial: Theodor and Abraham
Even a visionary like Herzl might be impressed by the vast leaps that his dream for the future Jewish nation-state has taken toward fulfilling his hopeful vision over the last two years. Since the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020, the advance in relations between Israel and much of the Arab world… has been nothing short of astonishing…
Read MoreThe Axis of Proliferation
Few assessments of Syria’s would-be nuclear program to date have mentioned the links with Iran or Pakistan or explored their deep relationships with North Korea.
Read MoreLatest IAEA report on Iran suggests a critically dangerous situation
On Sept. 7, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published its periodical report on Iran’s nuclear program.
Read MoreAIJAC mourns Queen Elizabeth II
AIJAC mourns the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Commonwealth for an extraordinary 70 years.
Read MoreAustralian LaRouchites get aggressive in shilling for the Chinese Communist Party
Days before the UN released the latest report to condemn the Chinese Government for its human rights abuses of the Uyghur people, a senior official of a conspiracy-toting, pro-China, Australian political party was accused of harassing and intimidating a prominent local critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Read MoreImminent Iran nuclear deal looks like a terrible outcome
The terrible bargain being struck here seems obvious – at best minimal and brief restraint on Iran’s nuclear program, in exchange for greatly empowering a rogue regime to murder, destabilise, proliferate, become more powerful and threatening…
Read MoreUNIFIL must be reformed or replaced
In its ineptitude, UNIFIL is paradoxically shielding Hezbollah and enables the terrorist organisation to increase its dangerous capabilities in Lebanon away from the world’s attention.
Read MoreThe roots of Gaza’s ongoing tragedy
In each conflict, terror groups based in Gaza, mainly Hamas, fired rockets indiscriminately at Israeli civilians, while Israel targeted the terrorists. Israel has also protected its civilians with bomb shelters and the Iron Dome missile defense system, while the terrorists have used their tunnels, often under sensitive buildings such as hospitals, schools and mosques, to hide themselves and their weapons
Read MoreEmpowering Russia’s allies is not the answer to the energy crisis
What seems like realpolitik is therefore counterproductive. There is simply no way to compartmentalise these countries; the energy networks are too intertwined. Easing pressure on any of them will result in empowering all of them.
Read MoreIsrael is increasingly part of a regional cold war against an Iran-Russia-China axis
What Russia’s critical attitude toward Israel’s efforts to undermine the PIJ’s capabilities reflects is that the clash in Gaza was not merely a local dispute. Rather, it was another front in the renewed regional, post-cold war conflict between the Western democracies and their allies, and authoritarian regimes affiliated with Russia and China.
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