For Russia’s rulers, Ukraine is an oddity, a mistake of history defying its civilizational ‘destiny’ and threatening the Kremlin’s domestic propaganda. And Putin has now…
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For Russia’s rulers, Ukraine is an oddity, a mistake of history defying its civilizational ‘destiny’ and threatening the Kremlin’s domestic propaganda. And Putin has now…
A repulsive and depraved trio, Josh Hawley, Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump, are active partners in Putin’s efforts to gaslight the West on Ukraine –…
An Israeli strike against Iran could trigger normalization with Saudi Arabia. But that’s just one part of the far more precarious Middle East such an…
In Russia, the church has become intertwined with the nuclear establishment. Is a similar process happening in Iran, and will it happen in Israel? Source:…
Russia’s intervention in Syria put it on the map; it had asserted itself as a global military and diplomatic player and sent an important message,…
Amid the soaring tensions, there is an unlikely point of congruence between Russia and Ukraine: Admiration for Israel, as the paradigmatic example of a modern…
From food shortages to stalled start-ups, Lebanese civil unrest to an Iranian nuclear coup, these are the ‘ten plagues’ facing Israel if Russia chooses large-scale…
The Ukraine crisis is a no-win situation for Israel, caught between America and Russia. But the impact of the crisis on Israel’s national security goes…
Vladimir Putin is a bully and a despot: Appeasing him overtly is certainly wrong. But Russia must be handled with cleverness and care and NATO,…
Don’t be like the pundits blaming NATO expansion, or the West’s post-Cold War hubris, for the pointless, terrifying crisis around Ukraine. Just listen to Putin,…
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Like a terrorist, Putin is holding Ukraine hostage to extort ransom demands from the West. So why is Germany backing the autocrat in the Kremlin…
We cannot be naïve. The recent WWII genocide law, which falsely equalizes the Holocaust with Nazi reprisals against non-Jewish Belarusians, is as much about history…
From Orban to Le Pen, Europe’s nativist, anti-Muslim far right is affirming its grim alliance with Bosnia’s belligerent Serb nationalists, joining endorsements from Russia and…
A scant generation since committing the worst atrocities on European soil since the Holocaust, unrepentant Bosnian Serb leaders are on the secessionist warpath again. This…
The recent antisemitic outbursts of ‘Europe’s last dictator’ were no accident. Lukashenko has turned against Belarusian Jews with absurd conspiracy theories and intimidation and, ironically,…
The recent antisemitic outbursts of ‘Europe’s last dictator’ were no accident. Lukashenko has turned against Belarusian Jews with absurd conspiracy theories and intimidation and, ironically,…
An ‘academic institute’ tied to an antisemitic Italian ‘Nazi-Maoist’ linked to Iran has released a report denying China’s atrocities against the Uyghurs. It’s been loudly…
For five years since the dramatic, bloody coup attempt, Erdogan has claimed traditional allies abandoned Turkey in its hour of need, justifying ongoing purges and…