Syria Isn’t Ready for Peace with Israel
Any agreement must recognize that it is not a unified country.
January 22, 2026
There Is No Governing Gaza Without First Dismantling Hamas
Phase 2 problems.
While conducting routine operations in Gaza on Monday, the IDF located a large cache of weapons inside a tunnel, close to the cease-fire line. Meanwhile, the Board of Peace meant to supervise Gaza continues to take shape. Of the roughly 60 nations invited to join this body, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Morocco, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, and Israel itself have all publicly accepted. The real question, though, is whether anyone will actually disarm Hamas and remove it from power. Noah Rothman writes:
January 22, 2026
There Is No Governing Gaza Without First Dismantling Hamas
Phase 2 problems.
Israel’s Laser Defenses Are a Major Technological Breakthrough
Doing the impossible, again.
The Victorian Jewish Priest Who Claimed Mozart for the Jews
Moses Margoliouth’s misplaced ethnic pride.
The Rabbinic Man of Mystery Who Taught Elie Wiesel
The Shoshani Riddle.