Anti-Semitism, Islamism, and geopolitics stand in the way.
An American priority.
Israel’s role in the world at large is bigger than it has ever been.
What the naysayers fail to understand.
A kinship that is hard to put into words.
Iran has been providing rebels with arms and training.
Why this normalization is different from all other normalizations.
Pressure from Islamists at home—and from Iran.
A reversal will undermine other efforts in the region.
American patience, and firmness, helped bring about change for the good.
And another dent in Arab and Muslim opposition to the Jewish state.
There were many overtures of friendship before last week’s historic announcement.
They only give credence to a Hizballah-controlled government.
A problematic partner—that exports anti-Western and anti-Semitic propaganda—already cooperates with both Jerusalem and Washington.
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