In the past year, there has been an increasing problem of violent crime within the Jewish state’s Arab communities, most of which is apolitical in nature. But the outbreak in May of Arab attacks on Jews has raised the frightening prospect of internecine conflict. Sean Durns explains the Islamic Republic’s role in aggravating these problems:

In the past few decades, the Jewish state has vastly expanded its diplomatic, economic, and sometimes military ties with South and East Asia, while doing its best to stay away from the conflicts that divide the countries in the region. Daniel Samet surveys the potential for these relationships, urging Jerusalem to avoid deepening cooperation with China and instead to focus on cultivating further its alliances-in-the-making with China’s competitors: