Analysis & Commentary
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited several of America’s Middle Eastern partners last week—including a dubious one. Qatar hosts an important air base but also undermines American security by sponsoring Islamic radicalism. Nearly all coalition airstrikes against Islamic State are commanded…
State Comptroller Yosef Shapira’s report on Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip in 2014, which found fault in the military’s conduct, as well as in the Diplomatic-Security Cabinet’s decision-making process ahead of and during the campaign, stirred controversy for…
In the twilight hours of the Obama administration, Secretary of State John Kerry authorized the transfer of $221 million to the Palestinian Authority—in violation of an informal agreement with Congress not to do so. Fortunately, President Trump stopped the transfer…
President Barack Obama eroded the U.S.’s superpower status and is leaving behind a far more dangerous world than the one he inherited. A Trump administration gives Israel reason to be optimistic, although we must remember he is a very shrewd…