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From 1975 | Can Israel Win Another War?

This 1975 article, by Drew Middleton, is a two year retrospective on the Yom Kippur War, and mistakes made by

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The World Order Under Threat: How Russia, Iran and China Benefit from the Israel-Hamas War with Ilan Berman and Nadine Epstein

Join Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council, and Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein, for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of the world order, the links between Russia, China, Iran and the strategies behind them. ...

Laughter in a Time of Mourning with MODI

Join Israeli-born, Long Island-raised comedian MODI, for a conversation about the healing power of laughter and how it can bring us together as a community. ...

The Israel-Hamas War: Updates and Analysis (Part 2) with Aaron David Miller and Robert Siegel

Aaron David Miller shares his thoughts on the hostage situation, Hamas, Gaza, the West Bank, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, regional and international ramifications, and where he thinks this war is headed in the coming weeks. ...
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The GOP’s Pro-Israel Fest

Moment Institute Fellow Nathan Guttman takes a deep dive into how the Israel-Gaza war is affecting the Republican presidential campaign and how Biden's response to the violence has shifted since the outbreak of war. ...
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Danger on Israel’s Northern Border: An Interview with Hanin Ghaddar About Hezbollah and the Failed State of Lebanon

A look at the evolution of Hezbollah inside Lebanon's fractured political system and Iran's growing influence throughout the Middle East. ...
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From the Newsletter | The Arsenal of Memory

I was WhatsApping with a friend in Israel earlier this week and we were talking about the popularity of the

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Opinion | We Israelis Need Moral Clarity—Not Revenge

No country could be expected to forgo retaliation for attacks on innocent citizens in its own territory. But what are the long-term goals? ...
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“Stop All the Killing—Then We’ll Talk!”

Antiwar demonstrators of several faiths rallied near the U.S. Capitol on October 20. The overall call was clear: Cease-fire in Israel and Gaza now. ...
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Opinion | We Will Never Be the Same

We sat in stunned silence as the Holocaust-like scenario slowly spread through our unwilling consciousness, forced by the incontestable, nightmarish evidence: a paradigm change of all we had depended on and believed about our security. ...

European Leaders Largely Back Israel—For Now

The rift lines in Europe, then, are there for all to see and may open up further. ...
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U.S. Offers Mix of Advice and Warning in Full Support of Israel

Washington is trying to outline a general set of principles for Israel to understand, and hopefully follow. ...