By Lawrence Solomon, published by Washington Examiner Britain’s settlement sanctions were never going to stay in London. Days after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced an import ban on goods from Israeli communities in the West Bank and penalties for those who help them expand, 11 other governments said they would follow. Norway is now moving a bill that would […]
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Governments, including those that denounce the Jewish state, rely on its air-defense technology when their own skies are at stake. By Lawrence Solomon, published by Jewish News Syndicate Go to the publisher’s website here to read the original version of this commentary. Greece signed a 3-billion-euro ($3.5 billion) air-defense deal with Israel on Monday. On Sunday, […]
By Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon, published by The Epoch Times For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here. The true tragedy of the Nepal Himalayan flood that killed more than 1,000 people (with thousands still missing), was not the mountain event itself but the international development industry’s climate-driven rush to […]
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The IRGC’s October surprise
By Lawrence Solomon, published by Jewish News Syndicate Go to the publisher’s website here to read the original version of this commentary. Pro-Israel supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iran—most prominently, Victor Davis Hanson—dismiss the president’s apparent appeasement of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and distancing from Israel by pointing to […]
By Lawrence Solomon, published by Jewish News Syndicate Go to the publisher’s website here to read the original version of this commentary. El Al’s last commercial flight from Tehran departed 47 years ago, on Feb. 10, 1979, as the Islamic Revolution engulfed Iran. Its last flights from democratic Toronto and Brussels left in October 2022—barely three and a […]
Trump, like past presidents, balks at putting boots on the ground. By Lawrence Solomon, published by Visegrad24 For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here. The Iranian regime has good reason to string out peace negotiations with the United States. Despite U.S. rhetoric of “peace through strength” and bluster that time […]
While western elites wring their hands, the Jewish state is quietly forging alliances through hard power, shared threats and raw mutual self-interest. By Lawrence Solomon, published by the National Post For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here. While much of the western media continues to paint Israel as a pariah […]
By Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon, published by The Epoch Times For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here. In a striking defiance of Beijing’s evacuation orders amid escalating conflict, thousands of Chinese migrant workers in Israel are choosing to stay, drawn by better pay and working conditions that starkly contrast […]
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The dirty bomb myth
By Lawrence Solomon, published by The Epoch Times Bombs are scary. Bombs laced with radioactive materials—so called “dirty bombs”—seem even scarier. But the fear is misplaced. Exaggerated dread of dirty bombs and low-level radiation in general only magnifies terrorists’ power to sow panic while needlessly constraining U.S. military and homeland-security options. Summary The fear of […]
If Europeans hadn’t outlawed the fracking that has made the U.S. a net energy exporter, they would need much less Middle East oil and gas. By Lawrence Solomon, published by the Financial Post Iran did not create the strategic leverage it currently derives from the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical maritime […]