Analysis
Tuesday, May 6th 2025 / Monday, May 5th 2025
Ya Libnan Yalibnan, May 5, 2025 “Most of the world’s 1.2 million Druze live in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, while diaspora communities in the Americas and Australia remain closely linked to their ancestral homelands through enduring transnational ties.” Syria’s Druze community is facing one of the most violent internal eruptions in years, with over 40 […]
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Bradley Martin Newsweek, Mar. 7, 2025 “Is it any wonder why Druze in Syria are increasingly looking to Israel for sanctuary?” There is no reason to believe that the situation of Druze and other minorities will improve following the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. During a rare interview with Al Jazeera in 2015, militant leader of the jihadist Al-Nusra […]
Chad Merlin Jerusalem Post, Mar. 16, 2025 “After years in which these visits were forbidden by the former regime, things were changing.” A delegation of more than 150 Druze dignitaries from Syria visited holy sites in Israel over the weekend. It was the first time since 1974 that such a delegation crossed the border. They came from […]
Monday, May 5th 2025
AlJazeera, May 4, 2025 “Both the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council have competitively sought to present themselves as the solution to the US’s need for a partner on the ground against the Houthis in Yemen.” Anti-Houthi factions in Yemen could be vying for US support to attack the movement’s territory, analysts and experts […]
Benoit Faucon, Nancy A. Yousef and Saleh al-Batati WSJ, Apr. 14, 2025 “A major ground offensive risks reigniting a Yemeni civil war that has been dormant for years and that spurred a humanitarian crisis when a Saudi-Emirati coalition supported local ground forces with a bombing campaign.” Yemeni militias are planning a ground offensive against the […]
Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2025 “Every Patriot missile or naval interceptor costs millions. Every drone they launch might cost a few thousand. This is not sustainable.” When a $20,000 missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels can bring down a US Reaper drone worth over $30 million, the cost of war takes on a […]
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2025 “The Houthis are a hard nut to crack. Air power is likely not enough to stop them. Can their supply lines be cut off instead? Can their rocket storage facilities be found? Possibly.” The Houthis launched a missile at central Israel on Sunday that caused an explosion near Ben-Gurion […]
Friday, May 2nd 2025
Dr. Elai Rettig BESA Geo-Energy Insights No. 8, Apr. 9, 2025 “Now that Israel is seeking new markets for its natural gas, Azerbaijan’s participation in exploration efforts in Israeli waters could serve as a vital energy bridge between Israel and Turkey.” A significant development in the Eastern Mediterranean energy landscape recently took shape as Israel […]
Friday, May 2nd 2025 / Friday, May 2nd 2025
Martin Sherman JNS, Apr. 16, 2025 “Warm relations are mirrored in a generally benign relationship with its Jewish community in the country.” “The Abraham Accords were the greatest foreign policy accomplishment of Trump’s first administration; he has made it clear that his new administration will seek to expand them.” — “Forbes,” March 8, 2025 Two recent […]
Joseph Epstein and Alex Grinberg Newsweek, Apr. 30, 2025 “For Turkey, a conflict with Israel would isolate it from the U.S. and NATO, turn Syria—which it wants to rebuild—into the prime theater of battle and get Ankara kicked out of the F-35 fighter jet program. It could also risk heightened Israeli and U.S. support for Syrian […]
Farhan Khan India Today, May 1, 2025 “President Ilham Aliyev has called for an end to the “tragedy in Gaza,” but refrained from condemning Israel.” The bilateral relationship between Azerbaijan and Israel has long flown under the radar, but the war in Gaza has cast new light on this unlikely alliance. At a time when […]
Thursday, May 1st 2025
Mathew Boys Hoover Institution, Apr. 2, 2025 “Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar recently called EU policy “very hostile, unbalanced, (and) one-sided” under former HRVP Josep Borrell.” The United States generally enjoys close and collaborative relationships with the European Union and Western European countries, despite often major differences on trade, bilateral issues, and foreign/security policy. EU and […]
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