Daily Archives: May 20, 2025
A Grand Syria-Gaza Bargain
The Trump administration hopes it can move hundreds of thousands of Palestinians out of Gaza and revive some version of the Peace for Prosperity plan. However, by allowing Israel to pursue resettlement in Syria, Washington...
Peace with Saudi Arabia: Why Israel Must Proceed with Caution
With growing talk of expanding the Abraham Accords, Israel and the U.S. are eager to bring Saudi Arabia into the fold. But history demands a closer look. Why do powerful regimes collapse in the...
Weekly Commentary: We Can’t Let Hostages Trump Victory
Only a few brave leaders have openly shared the painful truth: it is highly
likely that we cannot defeat Hamas if we continue to rule out military
operations which might possibly endanger hostages.
This is probably the...
The Mideast has changed. The fighting isn’t over yet, but Israel has already won
n the regional arena, Israel has already won the war that started on October 7, 2023. While the fighting is not over yet, a confrontation with Iran is potentially dangerous and there is no...
The Nakba Narrative is Nonsense
In the years since Israel’s rebirth in 1948 a narrative has taken root, a narrative that portrays well-armed and financed Jewish immigrants overrunning peaceful Palestinian villages, brutally expelling Palestinians from their homes and their...
Trump’s lifting of Syria sanctions solidifies Iran’s regional defeat
While in Riyadh on 13 May, US President Trump announced that he was lifting sanctions on Syria, and then followed that up on 14 May by meeting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who flew quickly...
The Sanity of John Fetterman
Let us ponder the strange similarities linking the striking stories of Warder Cresson and John Fetterman. Ostensibly these two individuals, whose lives are separated by more than a century, have nothing to do with...