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Mordechai Kedar

Iran says its air-launched Asef cruise missiles, unveiled in February 2023, can hit targets at a range of 1,.025 miles. Source: Twitter.

‘Death to Israel’: The Iranian plan to attack Israel

If the Israeli public wants to survive, it must prepare—mentally and physically—for war with the Iranian octopus.

Mordechai Kedar

April 13, 2023

Bedouin riot over tree-planting by the Jewish National Fund outside the village of al-Atrash in the Negev Desert on Jan. 13, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

The aim of the riots against tree-planting in the Negev? The dissolution of Israel

Israel must continue its tree-planting program exactly as planned. Otherwise, it will not be sovereign in the Negev or anywhere else.

Mordechai Kedar

January 19, 2022

A bridge over a parched river in Ahwaz, Iran. Credit: European Ahwazi Human Rights Organization.

Dismantle Iran now

The disintegration of the country into ethnic states is not only feasible but steadily becoming more likely—and should be vigorously supported by the international community.

Mordechai Kedar

August 4, 2021

A Palestinian jihadist in Hebron, May 12, 2021. Photo by Wissam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

The jihad within Israel

The explosion of mass violence by Israeli Arabs against their fellow Jewish citizens is nothing short of a religious war.

Mordechai Kedar

May 13, 2021

Anti-coup protesters in Nasr City, Cairo, on Oct. 11, 2013. The wave of "Arab Spring" protests started in April 2011, but caught on in other parts of the Arab and Muslim world. Credit: Hamada Elrasam via Wikimedia Commons.

The ‘Arab Spring’ a decade on

The 10 years of the uprisings sparked in 2010 have brought many Arab countries to the edge of the abyss. The worst may be yet to come if the Biden administration takes expected steps in the interests of of Iran.

Mordechai Kedar

December 17, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and outgoing Vice President Joe Biden, during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cristian L. Ricardo via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel between two presidents

Israel must begin preparing itself for the incoming U.S. administration, rather than exploiting the remaining months of Trump’s presidency to work towards goals that will alienate it.

Mordechai Kedar

November 10, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Turkish Presidency via Twitter.

Turkey’s relationship with ISIS proves it is deserting its European allies

Any distance Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has placed between himself and ISIS is attributable to pressure from Russia, the United States and Europe, not to his rejection of the group’s Islamist ideology.

Mordechai Kedar

October 11, 2020

Damaged buildings after the massive explosion in the Port of Beirut a day earlier, Aug. 5, 2020. Photo by Zaatari Lebanon/Flash90.

Hezbollah is still in charge in Lebanon

The Beirut port disaster dealt the terror group a blow, but its ability to shift its arms and narcotics-smuggling operations to other locations will enable it to maintain its grip on the country.

Mordechai Kedar

August 12, 2020

The Middle East as seen from 250 miles above in this April 14, 2016 photo from the International Space Station. Countries seen, from left, along the Mediterranean coast include Egypt, Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. Credit: NASA via Wikimedia Commons.

Coronavirus and the Middle East

COVID-19 has exposed Arab and Islamic notions of fraternity, mutual commitment and solidarity as hollow slogans.

Dan Gottlieb and Mordechai Kedar

May 27, 2020

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