The Iranian Gambit in Gaza

The Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip that began in late December has focused the world’s attention on the conflict between the Jewish state and the armed cadres of the Palestinian terror faction Hamas. Yet the media coverage has, for the most part, failed to provide an accurate picture of the larger geopolitical confrontation in Gaza. The conflict is viewed as simply another battle in the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinians. But in fact, the Israelis found it necessary to move against Hamas in part due to the machinations of an outside player that has long fomented discord and civil war within the Palestinian population for its own ends. That outside actor is Iran.

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I’m a scared Arab in Israel

“Soon,” I said to the children, and for the fourth time that morning evicted them from the study. It had been a mistake to promise I would take them with me when I went to vote. In contrast to school days, this morning they both woke up on time, brushed their teeth, washed their faces and dressed themselves without all the usual objections.

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