Israel's insurance policy
One of Israel's most important strategic assets was severely rattled earlier this week. Nearly three years after its founding, ...
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Make no mistake: Russia is mad
The "tragedy of errors," as Russian President Vladimir Putin called the downing of a Russian jet in Syria on Tuesday, ...
Israel's task just got harder
The dramatic crisis in Russian-Israeli relations in the wake of the downing of the Russian reconnaissance plane by Syrian anti-aircraft ...
The Kremlin wants to keep the peace
The downing of a Russian spy plane by Syrian anti-aircraft fire put Israel's relationship with Russia, forged in recent years ...
Taking an unobstructed look at ourselves
"In the Jewish soul, we have always heard, there is a Jewish point awaiting its day," Nathan Alterman wrote many ...
UK Jews: Unity at any price
Marie van der Zyl, the recently elected president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, is a feisty, committed ...
Extremism and fragile states
Last year, Congress asked the United States Institute of Peace, a government-funded think tank, to develop "a comprehensive plan to ...
Between Gaza and Iran
The intense focus on the Iranian issue, and in recent months on a possible escalation in the Gaza Strip, have ...
Kippur: The forgotten victory
This week Israel will mark the 45-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. The war came as ...
The Augusta Victoria mistake
This piece is reprinted with permission and can be found on Abrams' blog "Pressure Points." As a strong supporter of ...