Getting to Know Trump’s Middle East Team
With three weeks to go until Donald Trump’s inauguration, here’s a quick look at some of the key figures who will shape his future administration’s policies toward Israel and the Middle East.
With Assad’s Fall, Have Chances Risen for Hostage Release from Gaza?
Each leader has his own legacy in mind and his own explanation of this dramatic moment in the Middle East’s history.
Why Is Turkey Harboring Hamas?
But why Turkey—an actual NATO member—is offering succor to Hamas and other Iranian interests, both rhetorically and now materially, is a whole other question.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: Make DC a State
Raskin extolled Eleanor Holmes Norton’s work in getting passed a D.C. statehood bill in the 117th congress.
Why Do Campus Protesters Want to #DropHillel?
“Drop Hillel” states its goals as exposing Hillel as being explicitly Zionists, building alternative, non-Zionist campus organizations and delegitimizing Hillel as an authority on antisemitism.
Approaching the Finish Line
Will Trump end the war? And how does that fit in with his promise to give Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu a free hand in conducting the conflict?
Cori Bush, AIPAC and the Future of Black-Jewish Relations
While he doesn’t contend that AIPAC is intentionally targeting Black candidates, he notes that white candidates with similarly anti-Zionist positions have not been targeted to the same degree as Bush or Bowman. “Unintended consequences are still consequences, and that is one thing that is troubling.”
Decision Time in the Middle East
The White House has gone to great lengths trying to emphasize that the onus is now on Hamas and that it is now up to the terror group to prove that it is really interested in a cease-fire for the benefit of the Gazan people.
The International Criminal Court Requests Netanyahu’s Arrest
The ICC requests arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for starvation as a method of war and intentional attacks on civilians.
B’Ivrit | The Israeli Press Doesn’t Know What to Do About Biden
Plus: Israelis viewed Eurovision 2024, which took place in Malmo, Sweden, as nothing less than another battlefield.
Opinion | What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Moment’s Israel editor argues that we can’t encourage peace or struggle against evil through the secondary victimization of the dead.
Clocks Are Ticking on a Cease-Fire Deal
Moment contributor Nathan Guttman examines the most recent political takes from the Jewish world and beyond.