The sheer scale of the crime is staggering, almost unbelievable: an estimated $20 billion stolen from the Libyan people in just three years. To put that number into perspective, that colossal sum, lost to state-sanctioned fuel trafficking between…
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The $20 Billion Betrayal: Libya’s Elite Are Funding Global War with Stolen Gas
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Gaza: Bodies on the altar of ideology
When we look closely at what we have called the Middle East cause, we find a truth that has been hidden from everyone. The Palestinian crisis was never a problem of lacking political opportunities so much as it was a crisis of miscalculation and…
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Partnerships That Protect, Educate, and Strengthen Our Jewish Community
When the Jewish Federation of Annapolis & the Chesapeake (JFedA-C) held its very first board meeting after our launch, we chose to speak with Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth. It wasn’t just a courtesy—it was a declaration of our top priority:…
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242 or 2-states: One led to peace treaties, the other to recurrent wars
The 242 UNSC resolution from November 1967 brought two peace treaties between Israel and its neighbors: the peace treaty with Egypt in 1979, and the peace treaty with Jordan in 1994. Since then, this path was abandoned in favor of an elusive…
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Treat a Israel-Syria Deal as a Hudna: Leverage Talks for Golan Recognition
As Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria’s transitional president and the former jihadist leader known as Abu Muhammad al-Jolani met President Donald Trump at the White House, the world witnesses a pivotal chapter in Middle East diplomacy. This marks the first…
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Chayai Sarah: Who is Strong?
Abraham was known for his kindness; Isaac was known for his strength. One can readily see why Abraham was known for his kindness, but attributing “strength “to Isaac is mystifying. The definition of strength as explained in the Ethics of the…
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How Tucker Carlson Revives the Legacy of Father Charles Coughlin
In the 1930s, Father Charles Coughlin was one of the most influential and dangerous voices in American life. A Catholic priest with a velvet microphone voice and a grievance-laden gospel, he reinvented political communication by bypassing the…
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Israel Strengthens Tourism Ties with South Korea
Last week, the Israel Ministry of Tourism held an important seminar in Seoul, part of Minister of Tourism Haim Katz’s broader strategy to open new markets and deepen Israel’s presence in Asia. Although I wasn’t there myself, the Ministry…
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Miracles in Our Time: Interreligious Dialogue and Alliance
A few infamous social media influencers who claim to be Catholic have decided to ignore the teachings of their own leaders and to ignore their own history. Instead, they are peddling antisemitic tropes and replacement theology that the Catholic…
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Netanyahu vs. Hypocrisy: A Global Farce
The charges against Benjamin Netanyahu were supposed to represent a solemn defense of Israeli democracy. Instead, they have become a political spectacle, the same tiresome theatre we’ve seen unfold across Western democracies. When a leader…
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