Joshua S. Block

According to the Defense Ministry, the PA in 2017 paid $198 million to the so-called “martyrs’ families fund” and an additional $160m. to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.

To get a sense of HRW’s disturbing anti-Israel bias, consider this: over the past five years, the NGO has authored seven special reports on Israel.

Amidst all the noise, we must keep our eyes on what’s important and focus on a broader strategy which addresses Iran’s illicit nuclear and non-nuclear activities hand-in-hand with our allies.

Iran’s deceit is complete.

Nuclear proliferation in the Middle East is not only a serious threat to Israel and our Arab allies in the region, but to the US directly.

If we look objectively at the reality on the ground, it is not Israel that connects many of the Middle East’s trouble spots.

Breaking this dangerous cycle will require diplomatic intervention from the US and, more importantly, Russia with its direct line to the Assad regime in Damascus.

It’s true that many of Europe’s businesses want a piece of Iran’s economy.

Israel has long warned about the strong footprint left by the Iranians in Syria and neighboring Iraq.