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Latest Article from Ilan BermanThe War On Terror Is BackMarch 15, 2024 • The National Interest Within the Beltway, February and March tend to be busy months, when high-ranking military commanders and senior intelligence officials descend on Capitol Hill to update lawmakers on the assorted threats facing the United States. This year, however, interspersed with the usual briefings about Russia (reenergized by what it sees as flagging Western support for Ukraine) and China—with its persistent desire to dominate Taiwan—Members of Congress also heard a different and deeply unwelcome message. The conflict once called the "War on Terror" has well and truly returned. Continue to the full article | More articles from Ilan Berman Latest Article from Clifford MayState of the world more threatening than Biden understandsMarch 13, 2024 • The Washington Times The U.S. Constitution mandates that the president "shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union." The information that President Biden conveyed last week failed to convey the hard fact that the Union is now seriously threatened by an axis of anti-American regimes. Mr. Biden began his State of the Union promisingly enough. He called attention to Russia's brutal war of conquest against Ukraine. Continue to the full article | More articles from Clifford May Latest Article from Tevi TroyRound TwoMarch 12, 2024 • Mishpacha Magazine The looming rematch between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump in the context of all the other such contests Presidential historian and former senior Bush administration official Tevi Troy frames the looming general election rematch between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump in the context of all the other such contests that have been fought out over the last 180 years The rematch election shaping up in 2024 between President Biden and the man he defeated, former president Trump, is unprecedented during the lifetimes of Mishpacha's younger readers. But American history offers several prior examples of this kind of contest. Latest Article from Jonathan SchanzerPreventing a Ramadan Explosion in the Holy LandFebruary 28, 2024 • The Liberal Patriot The Muslim holiday of Ramadan begins on March 11 this year. How Israel handles this month-long festival of fasting by day and feasting by night will exert significant influence on the wider conflict in the Middle East—and a possible hostage deal between Israel and Hamas that yields a pause in the current war in Gaza could help mitigate the prospects of unrest. Other players may have significant roles to play, too. First, it is important to understand the role Ramadan has played in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over recent years. Continue to the full article | More articles from Jonathan Schanzer Latest Article from Asaf RomirowskyCorrupted from Birth: The UNRWA's Forgotten HistoryFebruary 25, 2024 • The National Interest The discovery of a Hamas server farm beneath the United Nations Relief and Relief Agency (UNRWA) 's Gaza headquarters culminates a catastrophic few months for the world's largest welfare organization. Israeli intelligence recently found that at least a dozen UNRWA employees were directly involved in the October 7 massacres, and at least 1,200 had ties to Hamas. In addition, UN Watch released a report showing that over 3,000 UNRWA employees cheered on the October 7 report on private communications channels. Continue to the full article | More articles from Asaf Romirowsky Latest Article from Michael FreundPalestine is dead: No one will ever be able to make a Palestinian stateFebruary 23, 2024 • Jerusalem Post In recent weeks, various leaders of Western countries have publicly broached the idea of the unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, asserting that the time has come to give the Palestinians independence, even in the absence of a negotiating process. UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and more recently French President Emmanuel Macron have floated this suggestion, despite the ongoing war in Gaza. But what these esteemed statesmen have apparently failed to grasp is that the very idea of a Palestinian state is no longer geographically viable, morally acceptable, or even politically tolerable to the overwhelming majority of Israelis. Continue to the full article | More articles from Michael Freund Latest Article from Judith MillerA Clear Blue Sky Over Israel
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