President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam are pursuing negotiations with Israel because they understand what the alternative looks like: The end of Lebanon as a unified state.
The fires of Lag Ba’omer will burn again on the slopes of Meron. What matters is that when they do, they come back to a country that chose, at the right moment, to be careful.
A new mini-genre of “how-to” books about dissent and activism has emerged, drawing lessons from past protests.
As missiles continue to target Israel, US aid and Iron Dome funding face political backlash, with Democrats and advocacy groups divided over Israel’s defense strategy.
Argentina’s assertiveness under President Javier Milei and evolving US policy reopen dormant Falklands questions.
Could it be that the US (and Israeli) capital markets are becoming immune to the holding pattern between the US and Iran?
Finland joined NATO with the expectation that breaking with its traditional long-standing policy line would grant it a US and European security umbrella. But this framework has not yet been tested.
No leader, no matter how experienced, can remain in power for this long without becoming deeply tied to the assumptions that defined their tenure.
Rabbi Akiva’s students remind us that respect and unity are essential to Jewish spiritual life.
In the current political climate, a Jew with even phony or former Zionist leanings has about the same chance of being nominated by the Democratic Party as Putin receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
The more Iran disrupts the Strait of Hormuz, the more it deepens its isolation and accelerates international alignment against it.
