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What’s new? The 2015 Iran nuclear deal has looked at best shaky since the Trump administration withdrew from it in 2018, imposing damaging economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic. In response, Tehran ramped up its nuclear activity in contravention of its obligations under the agreement. President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration could mark an inflection point. Why does it matter? Having failed to achieve its objectives, Trump’s “maximum pressure” strategy may be nearing an end. R...

One of the most notable BDS related developments in March was the claim by Harvard Divinity School professor Cornell West... Halbfinger also writes, “It was Mr. Friedman, 62, who drove the radical overhaul of White House policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, dreaming up the seemingly endless list of political giveaways that President Trump bestowed upon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters on the Israeli right.” There was nothing “radical” about the Trump admin...

Engaging views and analysis from outside contributors on the issues affecting society and faith today. CP VOICES do not necessarily reflect the views of The Christian Post. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s). CP Current Page: Voices | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | Coronavirus → The New York Times starts to understand the right (with the help of an Israeli professor) The New York Times starts to understand the right (with the help of an Israeli professor) | Wednesday, De...

Red-state Mizrahi Israelis don’t want liberal sympathy or solutions Featured Column Red-state Mizrahi Israelis don’t want liberal sympathy or solutions Attempts to draw analogies between Trump voters and the Israeli right fail to understand Jews who trace their origins to the Muslim world and illustrate the left’s contempt for “deplorables.” (December 21, 2020 / JNS) Liberal American Jews are generally confused when it comes to Israelis. On the one hand, they claim to have empathy and...

On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced additional House committee assignments.  Congresswoman-elect Sara Jacobs (D-CA) was the only incoming House freshman named to the Foreign Affairs Committee. “I look forward to bringing my experience in U.S. foreign policy and international organizations — and my voice as a millennial who has never known a day in my adult life that the United States has not been at war — to the committee as we work to rebuild America’s standing i...

3. Still Makhlouf from the mellah: Unlike the other normalization deals, the one with Morocco holds extra meaning for many in Israel, with a large and thriving community of Moroccan immigrants and descendants, many of whom still travel there regularly. “As opposed to Egypt and Jordan, which signed peace treaties with Israel decades ago, and in contrast to the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, three Arab nations that normalized relations with Israel this year, Morocco and Israel have a ...