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The Biden-Harris administration’s decision to send a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense battery to Israel to help it bring down Iranian missiles is a Trojan horse, not a show of support.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned at the Reagan National Defense Forum on Saturday that if Israel could face “strategic defeat” if it was not more careful about how it fought Hamas, because more Palestinians might be driven to support the terrorist group.

President Joe Biden said Monday that he was open to discussions of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas if the Palestinian terrorist organization released all of the hostages that it still holds in Gaza.

Biden is practically inviting China to impose a peace deal in Europe, much as Obama invited Russia back into the Middle East.

Bennett gave up Israel’s right to oppose the Iran deal publicly; he gave up the principle of a united Jerusalem; and he failed to pressure the Biden administration on funding Palestinian terrorism.

Before the withdrawal, the U.S. had a major base in a country that bordered China; now it will not. So don’t pretend pulling out will help.

The Israeli government reportedly told the Biden administration Wednesday that its public pressure on Israel to seek a ceasefire is encouraging Palestinian terrorists to continue their attacks, making it harder to accept a ceasefire, and prolonging the war.

Back in March, Alex Wagner of The Atlantic and The Circus wrote an op-ed that has nagged at me the last several weeks, as Joe Biden has called one “lid” after another. “Stay Alive, Joe Biden,” it was called. In it, she

Conservative radio host legend Rush Limbaugh said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump should relaunch his 2020 re-election campaign around a promise to preserve the American way of life from the war declared by the left.

Trump has used sanctions to diminish Iran’s appetite for war, and has created a set of impossible choices for the Iranian regime.

By canceling the Taliban meeting, Trump sent a message that he willing to negotiate — even bucking his own party — but he will not do so from a position of weakness, or under fire.

The story that Israel has reportedly flown a modified version of the F-35 to Iran and back has already changed the balance of power in the Middle East.

While disavowing regime change in Iran, Trump is creating the conditions for it, to America’s long-run strategic advantage.

President Donald Trump struck exactly the right balance on Thursday when he hinted at possible retaliation against Iran for shooting down a U.S. drone in international airspace, but then said he believed the attack was an accident.

The New York Times reported Thursday evening that President Donald Trump ordered air and naval strikes against Iranian targets in response to the shooting down of a U.S. Navy drone earlier that day, but canceled them “abruptly.”

If Israel’s military commanders are correct, and the next round of Hamas aggression is waiting around the corner, then Israel should use the coming weeks to prepare itself for an operation that will convince Hamas that it is wrong to view attacks on Israel as a means to ensure its economic survival.

The timing of Trump’s statement on the Golan Heights was less driven by politics and more a function of recent developments in Syria.

Given Trump’s ostentatious support for middle-of-the-road policies — including preserving Medicare and Social Security — the only way for Democrats to create “clear blue water” between themselves and the incumbent has been to offer the electorate eccentric socialist dogma.

If nothing else comes of it, the latest round of Pakistani aggression against India served as yet another signal to the U.S. that the time has come to cut its losses and walk away from Afghanistan.

Israel’s interests are are best advanced by working with like-minded countries. And in issues that matter, along a wide spectrum of areas, Poland is a like-minded country, despite painful historical differences.

The liberal media have been quick to pan last week’s Warsaw conference on Middle East security as a failure. And their unanimity of opinion is proof of the conference’s success.

“If [reports] they are true, they indicate that the Trump team has learned nothing from the past. And if they do go forward with something that looks like what has been reported, then their plan is a non-starter.”

Erdogan’s empowerment in the framework of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria is by far the largest negative consequence of the move.

Time will tell whether Trump’s decision to remove U.S. forces from Syria was a prelude to disaster for U.S. allies and a boon for America’s enemies, or whether the opposite is the case. But what is clear enough is that move is not entirely negative.

President Donald Trump is better placed than any of his potential opponents to broker compromises. He should propose deals, seize the moral high ground, and lead America back to success.

Dropping U.S. support for the Saudi war in Yemen might make politicians in Washington feel good about taking a stand for human rights. Yet doing so would also mean surrendering Yemen to Iranian control.

President Donald Trump has endured blistering criticism from the media and from his political opponents in both parties over his statement earlier this week expressing support for Saudi Arabia, even in the wake of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Rep.

It is far better to have a leader that recognizes and accepts the world as it is in all its cruelties, and works with allies – even authoritarian ones – against common foes, than to be led by men and women who prefer the posture of morality at the expense of security.

Republicans still have a chance to win, partly because they are defending favorable districts. And that is because Obama refused to govern as the unifying leader he promised to be.

The U.S. and Israel, should support King Abdullah on the one hand, and to demand that he take action against antisemitism and anti-American sentiment on the other.

The Jamal Khashoggi affair is no mere “whodunnit” murder mystery. It is an event that has the potential to endanger all of America’s core interests in the Middle East.

Russia’s sudden deployment of S-300 surface-to-air missiles in Syria last week raised the stakes in Syria significantly for the U.S. and Israel.

All that Trump has done is point out the reality of NATO’s decline — which his four predecessors refused to acknowledge.

President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday that any deal with North Korea must be approved by Congress.

In the absence of a health care policy of their own, some Republicans are attacking Democrats’ “single-payer” health care policies.

JERUSALEM, Israel — U.S. Ambassador David M. Friedman told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Tuesday that the decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem had shown “moral clarity” and served America’s core interests.