Hillel Frisch
ARTICLES BY: Hillel Frisch
Violence Could Erupt in the West Bank — but It Could Not
Those opposing the extension of Israeli sovereignty over parts of the Jordan Valley warn that the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA) are likely...
Iran’s Coronavirus Economic Meltdown
All Iran experts know how hard it is to get reliable data on that country. The regime obscures everything from basic macroeconomic figures to government...
Iran’s Shiite Crescent and the Coronavirus
Iran’s Shiite crescent, which until recently reflected its imperial reach into the Arab world, has now become pathological with the spread of Covid-19 (the official...
How Hamas Spends Qatari Money
As Israelis in the Gaza border communities -- caught between missile launches and flights of incendiary balloons -- ponder the meaning of the “hasdara,” or arrangement,...
Iran’s Strategic Mistake: Too Many Enemies
Sometimes, political demise is caused by having too many enemies. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hitler was delighted. He reasoned that Japan, as an ally, was...
Israel’s Strikes in Syria Hurt Iran’s Purse Strings
Israel’s attacks on the Iranian build-up in Syria have been unrelenting, though they are not without dangers -- most of all, the possibility of incidents...
Photo-Ops Notwithstanding, Iran Faces the US Alone
The era of superpower confrontation hardly elicits nostalgia. The Cold War did, however, possess one redeeming quality: clarity. It was relatively easy to identify friends,...
Why Iran Should Expect More Social Unrest
Karl Marx famously predicted that workers in the industrial powerhouses of England and Prussia would be the first candidates for the proletarian revolution. He based...
Iran and Its Proxies Face the Costs of Imperialism
In a serious jolt to the Iranian regime, recent weeks have seen recurrent attacks on the headquarters of pro-Iranian militia headquarters in Iraq’s southern provinces....
Is Hamas Being Tamed?
There are two possible solutions to the violence emanating from the Gaza Strip. First, either embark on a massive fourth round of conflict, like the 2014...
Gaza Conflagration Highlights the Differences Between Hamas and Islamic Jihad
The latest conflagration between Israel and Gaza, which erupted within hours of the killing of Islamic Jihad senior commander Baha Abu al-Ata, underscores the crucial...
Political Islam Is Declining in the Middle East
Few live images were more dramatic than the collapse and death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, the first-ever Muslim Brotherhood head of state, in...
Why Israel Must Tolerate Hamas for Now
Israel’s inability to thwart Hamas on the Gaza front, even as it persistently worsens the lives of the 20,000 Israeli citizens who live in the...
Was Israel’s Entry Refusal a Boon or Bust for Tlaib and Omar?
Ever since the heavy British crackdown on Irish rebels after their defeat during the famous Easter uprising of 1916, policymakers have been acutely aware that...
