Analysis

Establishing coherent US policy regarding brewing conflict in the eastern Mediterranean should be a priority for the new administration.

The International Criminal Court is a broken, corrupt political institution. The Biden administration needs to adopt serious measures against it and the Palestinian leadership for the protection of US national security interests and allies, including Israel.

With the Palestinians poised to hold elections for the first time in 15 years, will Hamas wrestle control of the West Bank from PA President Mahmoud Abbas as it did in Gaza in 2007, or will his Fatah rivals get the upper hand?

Poland's conservative ruling party, Law and Justice, has sought to discourage investigations into Polish wrongdoing during the wartime German occupation, preferring instead to stress Polish heroism and suffering. A number of historical institutions have condemned the case, with the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah describing it as a "witch hunt" and a "pernicious invasion into the very heart of research."

"The government must delegate authority and responsibility to the local authorities and actually give municipal leaders the power and authority of enforcement," Prof. Ronit Calderon-Margalit from the School of Public Health at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem asserts.

The Israeli government’s new relief package pays 9% of the median income, whereas in the US the figure is between 18% to 60% of the median income. As such, Israel’s coronavirus stimulus appears to be too low.

COVID has shone a spotlight on the disaster created by the Haredi community walling itself off from the rest of Israeli society.

Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi's speech was intended for both Washington and Tehran, but also for an Israeli audience, as the IDF needs a massive budget infusion for its plans.  

Many in the sector are tired of the lockdowns and believe they are being collectively punished for the acts of a few extremists.

The threat from Pyongyang is unlikely to be a top priority for the new administration of US President Joe Biden, who has called dictator Kim Jong Un a "thug."