The American president's now-well-established willingness to cross accepted and familiar thresholds and act "outside the box" has seemingly had a substantial restraining effect on the Iranian adversary.
In Syria, the Russian president wants to make sure pro-Iranian militias don't provoke the Americans and Israelis. Libya, meanwhile, could become Russia's second naval foothold in the Mediterranean basin, after Syria, if he convinces Turkey to stand down.
A march in itself is great, but morally I could not attend.
There isn't an actor in the region, including Israel, whose proverbial jaw didn't drop to the floor upon hearing of his untimely demise.
Despite predictions of all-out war, the Middle East and the rest of the world is safer thanks to US President Donald Trump’s brave decision to take out Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.
Assuming the much-talked-about societal rifts are real and not invented to serve someone's PR purpose, it might be a sign that problems which always existed are now out in the open and deemed worthy of discussion.
The bell curve of Jewish existence in the Diaspora tells a clear story: We start at the bottom, reach an apex, and then plummet into an abyss of terrifying violence.
The claim he was a Palestinian furthers the erasure of Jewish people’s connection to the Land of Israel. In modern terms, all Jews were once "Mizrahi Jews."
If and when ICC judges rule it is within their jurisdiction to put Israelis on trial for "war crimes" allegedly committed in Judea and Samaria, east Jerusalem, and Gaza – the idea of an international court will have reached a point of historical, moral, and legal bankruptcy.
In the UK, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and Austria, shoddy coalitions and incessant elections have become a matter of routine.
