Over the weekend, Israel welcomed two prominent members of the Biden administration: Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. These high-profile visits carried both symbolic and pragmatic implications for Israel's relationship with the United States.
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In the aftermath of a tragic event that witnessed the deadliest attack on Jews in a single day since the Holocaust, the world finds itself grappling with a challenging narrative. While the brutality of Hamas is evident, there's a growing tendency to scrutinize Israel's response, leading to questions about proportionality and international standards. In this exploration, we will draw a meaningful comparison with the fight against ISIS to shed light on the complexities surrounding these two distinct conflicts.
Read more: Let Israel Do To Hamas What The World Did To ISIS, Here Is Why
In recent years, the term "storming" has been increasingly used by Palestinian media, leaders and activists, to describe the visits of Jews to the Temple Mount, where Al-Aqsa Mosque is located as well as Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs, which is a facility that contains both a Mosque and a Synagogue. While this term may be convenient for generating attention and creating sensational headlines, it is a deeply problematic description that engenders numerous issues, both in terms of accuracy and the potential for incitement against Jews in Israel by Palestinians, the latter of which is the intended result.
Read more: "Storming" Temple Mount: When Media Hype Fuels Anti-Israel Sentiment
As tens of thousands of Armenian separatists flee Nagorno-Karabakh to the safety of Armenian territories, concerns about potential ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijan loom large. In recent days, the Azerbaijani military launched a blitz operation that wrested control of the disputed territory. Against this backdrop, Israel and Azerbaijan are deepening their ties, driven by their successful security and financial partnerships.
Read more: Demystifying Israel And Azerbaijan's Strategic Security Partnership
In his recent address to the United Nations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, commonly known as Abu Mazen in the Arab world, doubled down on earlier remarks that have been widely condemned as antisemitic. Abbas accused Israel of desecrating Christian and Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem and made the audacious claim that Judaism’s most sacred locations—the Temple Mount and the Western Wall—are solely Islamic sites, thereby erasing the indelible Jewish historical connection to the city.
Read more: Abbas' UN Speech: A Masterclass in Historical Revisionism and Deflection
