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Joseph Puder

Joseph Puder is the founder and director of the Interfaith Taskforce for America and Israel (ITAI).

Instead, a new policy calls for direct and decisive action in dealing with Iran and its terror proxies, including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
The United States and Israel must include the Kurds, Baluchis and Arab Ahwazis in eliminating the regime.
Riyadh’s shift to Islamism is inspired by Qatar and Turkey, whose Muslim Brotherhood-aligned policies expanded their regional influence without triggering alarm bells in Washington.
Fearing to offend authoritarian Arab regimes and feeling colonial guilt, Western states have done little to alleviate the situation.
The vacuum will most likely be filled by the army of Turkey, as a NATO member that is also an ideological champion of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Homogeneous Japan has literally no crime, whereas heterogeneity in Western countries is fueling it.
Turkey and Qatar run counter to U.S. interests and cannot be trusted.
While the two Muslim-majority Gulf States have historically been close allies based on shared interests and adversaries, in recent years, they have experienced growing strategic competition.
Either the protests will increase in size, focus and leadership—and gain some kind of military support—or the regime will start reacting with force, causing the mobs to peter out.
And now, it is one of the most anti-Israel states in Europe.
Rather than trying to assimilate or contribute to Europe’s prosperity and well-being, they seek to impose Islamic law on the entire society—first peacefully and then through violence.
For all the positive changes made during the first administration and in the beginning of this second one, administration officials have seemingly abandoned the plan to rid Gaza of Hamas.