Analysis
Friday, April 18th 2025 / Thursday, April 17th 2025
Michael Doran WSJ, Apr. 11, 2025 “If Syria became like Jordan—a buffer between hostile powers—everyone would win.” Ending Iran’s nuclear-weapons program may be President Trump’s top goal for stabilizing the Middle East, but his biggest test lies in Syria. Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former rebel who overthrew the Assad regime four months ago, presides over a weak […]
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Dr. Michael Milshtein Ynet News, Apr. 13, 2025 “I have great relations with Turkey. Erdogan likes me, and I like him. If you have a problem with him, I’ll fix it.” The Israeli government continues to avoid clearly articulating its strategy in the Syrian arena. In the absence of a formal policy, observers are left […]
Jerome Drevon Foreign Affairs, Apr. 11, 2025 “,,, it does not look as if Syria is about to once again become a one-state autocracy, even if that were an outcome that Shara secretly wanted. What is emerging under Shara is a government that has elements of both authoritarian rule and more federated, decentralized organization.” In […]
Loveday Morris and Souad Mekhennet Washington Post, Apr. 12, 2025 “There is a huge stockpile in Syria that Hezbollah is trying to move out of Syria. They know where those are, and they are working with Syrian networks to get them out.” From the front seat of a black GMC truck, Maher Ziwani, the Syrian […]
Thursday, April 17th 2025
Brendan O’Neill Spiked, Apr. 14, 2025 ‘If you throw a lot of shit out there, there’s some point at which “I’m just raising questions” is not a valid thing.” You could almost feel Douglas Murray’s vexation. There he was, invited on by the weed-puffing, free-thinking king of the podcast bros, Joe Rogan, to debate prick-kicking comic […]
Ralph Leonard Unherd, Apr. 11, 2025 “The natural response is to suggest, as Murray did yesterday, that Rogan should feature more “establishment” voices to provide “balance”. But if he did this, ironically, it would likely taint his credibility among a large part of his audience, given that his appeal stems from his anti-establishment stance and […]
Lee Smith Tablet, Apr. 11, 2025 “Even the role Smith and Rogan play is an establishment category—a comic who is not just a jester, but a gimlet-eyed and idiosyncratic observer of current events celebrated for relating sardonically to his young and disaffected audience. It’s Jon Stewart, but for right-wing audiences.” Joe Rogan’s podcast yesterday featuring […]
Park MacDougald Tablet, Mar. 10, 2025 “The attacks and their aftermath exposed that Jews cannot silence their opponents but in many cases are reduced to asking for pity, which only invites more sadism.” It gives us no pleasure to report this, but we figured you should hear it from us. Jeffrey Epstein—the late New York financier—was […]
Wednesday, April 16th 2025 / Tuesday, April 15th 2025
Dylan Shore Times of Israel, Apr. 15, 2025 “Why are we so ignorant to think that this does not include us?” For thousands of years, the Jewish people gathered around their Seder tables and recounted the story of Exodus. The story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery to their promised land of Israel. […]
Agam Berger WSJ, Apr. 10, 2025 “I chose the path of faith and with the path of faith I have returned.” I was kidnapped by Hamas, taken to Gaza and held hostage for 482 days. Today I am home, healthy and whole in body, soul and spirit. This Passover, I am reflecting on my freedom. […]
Gerald M. Steinberg Jerusalem Post, Apr. 11, 2025 “How did this ludicrous inversion of oppressor and oppressed, and of victimizer and victim take place? Who is responsible for erasing, distorting and appropriating the moral principles that distinguish between right and wrong?” When Jews worldwide sit around the Seder table and retell the 4,000 year old story of […]
Ira Stoll The NY Sun, Apr. 15, 2025 “Dr. Garber is so discredited that at this point that earlier this month, New York Congressman Ritchie Torres — a Democrat — showed up on a Saturday morning at Dr. Garber’s own synagogue at the liberal Democratic stronghold of Brookline, Massachusetts, to denounce Harvard’s failed leadership and […]
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