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Why this war?

The best we can expect from our Abraham Accord partners is for them to remain silent.

Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.
Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.

The Saudi move to “normalize” relations with Israel and build a new Middle East was in full bloom. The promise of the new Saudi city of Neom, being built just south of Israel, along with the expansion of the Abraham Accords, was exciting.

So, the Iranian-backed Hamas terror masters of Gaza launched their invasion to block the progress and teach the Saudis “who is boss.”

Now we’re at war.

And the best we can expect from our Abraham Accord partners is for them to remain silent.

Because that’s the way it is.

Political cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., made aliyah to Israel in 1971 and began drawing “Dry Bones” in January 1973. The internationally syndicated, award-winning cartoons ran in The Jerusalem Post for 50 years. They were reprinted in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME and other mainstream media publications. The “Dry Bones” story has been covered by CBS, CNN and Forbes, among other outlets. He was a member of America’s National Cartoonists Society and the Israeli Cartoonists Society. Kirschen died at 87 on April 14, 2025.
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