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End of Assad Regime Marks ‘Fall of the Iranian Axis,’ Experts Say

Lahav Harkov Jewish Insider, Dec. 8, 2024 “… a nuclear Iran is a more immediate and tangible matter.” With the stunning fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, another branch of Iran’s “axis of resistance” to Israel has been eliminated, a positive development with strategic opportunities for Israel, though there are still risks to […]

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Post-Assad Syria: Winners and Losers, Crisis and Opportunity

JCFA Iran-Syria Desk Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Dec. 8, 2024 “Israel should leverage the regional chaos and confusion to bolster its own interests.” Syria’s pro-Iranian Alawite minority has fallen. Syria’s ancient capital of Damascus was captured by the most formidable element of the anti-Assad coalition, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The group is led by the Sunni Islamic fundamentalist Abu […]

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In the Syrian Regime’s Hour of Need, Its Patron Iran Makes an Exit

Farnaz Fassihi NY Times, Dec. 7, 2024 “Resistance in the region would be left without support. Israel would become the dominant force.” For decades, Iran has expended much blood and money in support of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, helping him survive a civil war that threatened his dynastic rule. Iran operated military bases, weapons warehouses […]

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Lebanon – The voice is freed

David Bensoussan The author is a professor of science at the University of Quebec Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote on X: “I keep reading everywhere that Lebanon is ‘on the verge of collapse.’ No. It is on the verge of relief and liberation.” This observation reflects an unprecedented turning point in the country’s political and military […]

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Daily Briefing: ISRAEL PONDERS THE IRANIAN SYRIAN QUAGMIRE

SHABBAT READING: How Is It Possible that Jacob Mistakes Leah for Rachel?:  Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber, The Torah.com, no date — When Jacob arrives at the city of his uncle, Laban, he meets his cousin Rachel at the well and is struck by her beauty. Jacob stays with Laban for a month and starts working for him. […]

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Fears of Syria’s Collapse: Israel’s Dilemmas and Erdoğan’s Interests

Ron Ben Yishai Ynet News, Dec. 5, 2024 “Israel is concerned about these militias and the Hezbollah forces entering Syria, as they could signify the beginning of a long-term Iranian military presence in the country through its proxies.” The rapid southward advance of Sunni jihadist rebels and the capture of the city of Hama appear […]

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The West Cannot Miss This Opportunity to Topple Assad

Kasra Aarabi and Saeid Golkar The Telegraph, Dec. 5, 2024 “Khamenei and the IRGC are fully aware that losing Assad would land a decisive blow to their regime’s regional ambitions and eternal quest to eradicate Israel. Tehran spent a significant amount of money and blood to preserve Assad the last time he was on the brink […]

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Syria’s Civil War Puts Israel in a Bind: ‘Devil We Know’ or Islamist Rebels

Carrie Keller-Lynn WSJ, Dec. 5, 2024 “… that rebel group’s blend of nationalism and Islamism, which echoes the ideology of Afghanistan’s Taliban and Palestinian Hamas, is regarded by Israel as a dangerous threat, particularly were it to come to power in neighboring Syria.”  The surprising advance by opposition forces in Syria’s civil war poses a conundrum for […]

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West Remains Blind to Iranian Regime’s War on Jews

Kasra Aarabi and Saeid Golkar Middle East Forum, Dec. 4, 2024 “The ballistic missiles Iran’s regime has been firing are called Khaybar Destroyers—in other words, “Jew destroyers.”” With the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, an Israeli rabbi who helped provide kosher food in the United Arab Emirates, now confirmed as terrorism, the Iranian regime’s involvement is […]

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Communiqué: La stratégie de la future administration Trump pour ramener les otages 

Citation de la semaine: “Si les otages ne sont pas libérés avant mon investiture, ce sera l’enfer au Moyen-Orient” Président élu des États-Unis d’Amérique                                   Table des Matières Trump va se concentrer sur les otages, les accords d’Abraham et […]

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Daily Briefing: THE OLD NEW ANTISEMITISM – “DRAWING ON TIMELESS TROPES AND TRANSFORMING THEM INTO UNASSAILABLE TRUTHS.”

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“The accusation that Jews willfully kill reporters has become, during the Gaza war, a media assumption. The claim remains unchallenged despite the revelation that a number of the journalists who died were in reality Hamas terrorists.” – Michael Oren The Altneu Antisemitism: Part I:  Michael Oren, Clarity with Michael Oren, Nov. 19, 2024 Jewish Doctors […]

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