Now is the time for the administration to forge an arrangement between Israel and Egypt to prevent the re-emergence of Hamas by dealing with the Philadelphi Corridor and the Rafah checkpoint.
The official reason for the removal was “security concerns” by Cricket South Africa, which claimed to have been told that there would be protests if David was allowed to captain.
Iran and Pakistan have a history of rocky relations but both have signaled a desire to cool tensions in the wake of this week's strikes.
The objective was to establish it by Feb. 19 at the latest and to make it operational soon afterward.
Negotiations on hostage release had originally been suspended after the assassination of Saleh al-Arouri.
To bring security, Israel will need to be able to show that it can bring back some residents. After some of them return, more will follow.
While Israel preferred to build more and more protective shelters and safe rooms before the war, the lives of its citizens revolved around cycles of violence.
The money is intended to supply security equipment like security cameras, patrol vehicles, and sirens to settlements in the West Bank.
The US-Israeli alliance, often thought to be rock solid, may be more of a sandbar in an ocean, washed away by the growing tide of anti-Israel outrage.
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