Commentary

The coronavirus crisis and its economic fallout confront regional leaders with a stark choice: Dial down tensions or risk ever more aggravated political and economic threats.

If the public does not understand what it is being asked to do, it will not live up to its part of the bargain in helping stop the second wave of coronavirus.

In Israel, there is only a passing interest in the challenges and dilemmas of American Jews, and not much expectation from them. But the truth is, given some government policies, a part of the mainstream there is simply losing interest in Israel.

As the largest and strongest Jewish community in the world, Israel is duty-bound to help the Jews of the Diaspora. Just as Jews worldwide poured their passion and money into helping Israel when it was young and vulnerable, today, Israel is morally obligated to return the favor.

What Netanyahu does over the next few weeks will determine if he goes down in history as one of the greatest Jewish leaders of all time, or if he is remembered as a disappointment of Sabbatean proportions.

As its charter makes clear, Black Lives Matter itself is structurally anti-Semitic. It accuses Israel of being an "apartheid state" and believes US military aid to Israel is the foundation of America’s problems.

Amman does not go so far as to deny any Jewish connection, but it too makes a hash of history.

"We want to join our hands with yours in order to create for our people and upcoming generations a future where we will live in peace and love as allies," a letter from prominent Iraqi sheikh to Jerusalem think tanks reads.

Amman does not go so far as to deny any Jewish connection, but it too makes a hash of history.

Yousef al-Otaiba’s decision to publish an article in an Israeli newspaper was not a testament to his country’s warm feelings towards the Israeli public. It was a threat he didn't even try to hide.