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A view of Jerusalem. Credit: Wayne McLean via Wikimedia Commons.

An Israeli victory is necessary if peace is to be achieved

Some conflicts can only end when one side defeats the other. Israel’s goal is survival; the Palestinian goal is the elimination of Israel. Peace requires that the Palestinians give up that goal.

August 5, 2019

Iran launches a missile at the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, June 18, 2017. Credit: IRINN via Wikimedia Commons.

The ‘game’ Israel and Iran must play in Syria

Israel’s objective in Syria is to prevent Iran from building military facilities there that increase its ability to attack Israel. The only way Israel can achieve this is by destroying any such facilities that Iran builds, or by convincing Iran not to build any threatening facility out of fear that Israel will destroy it.

May 9, 2018

Destruction in eastern Ghouta, Syria. Credit: Facebook via Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Discouraging chemical-weapons use is a goal unto itself

The attack on Syria’s chemical-weapons sites wasn’t intended to influence the outcome of the war; it was designed to prevent their future use.

April 30, 2018