Analysis

Hamas leader Sinwar took a calculated risk by telling his operatives to launch rockets on Israel even while he was away in Cairo.

The Iranian proxy group has been behind a string of attacks in recent weeks designed to sabotage Egyptian-led efforts to steer Gaza towards calm.

Israel has warned Hamas that a decision to avoid reining in Palestinian Islamic Jihad will lead to a greater conflagration; while the message may have been received, it has yet to be implemented on the ground.

The question of how much money the military will need to develop its capabilities and meet its many challenging operational requirements in the coming years will be key going forward.

Indeed, many Jewish Americans, predominantly from the liberal camp of the Democratic Party, are clearly drifting away from Israel. Yet despite this apparent erosion in support, the Jewish community continues to comprise the core base for the special relationship between the United States and Israel.

An unprecedented report by German's domestic security agency at long last makes it clear that Muslim anti-Semitism is a major problem in the country.

The narrow Palestinian Authority cabinet, recently cobbled together by PA President Mahmoud Abbas, appears ill-equipped to deal with its pressing political, diplomatic and economic troubles. There is major disunity among the Palestinians, Hamas and Fatah, which are nowhere near reconciliation, and the PA is losing money fast.

The clash of interests between these two regional Middle Eastern powers seems clear; Egypt wishes to see Gaza calm and cut off from Islamic State-affiliated terror networks in the Sinai, which also threaten Egyptian security as a whole. Iran sees Gaza as one more base from which it can exercise its influence and threaten Israel and regional stability.

The U.S. president is a businessman who views the world through an economic prism. Preferring to avoid the military option, he is instead using economic sanctions to bludgeon countries and regimes that pose a threat to American interests.

Israelis spending their Passover vacation in the Sinai Peninsula, be warned: The Sri Lanka bombings are proof you are not safe from attack.