Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 28, 2016



Alan Dershowitz, FOX News: John Kerry's meaningless speech and tragic missed opportunity

What if the Secretary of State gave a policy speech and no one listened? Because Secretary Kerry’s speech Wednesday came after the U.S.'s abstention on the Security Council vote, nobody in Israel will pay any attention to anything he said. Had the speech come before the abstention, there would have been some possibility of it influencing the debate within Israel. But following the U.S. abstention, Kerry has lost all credibility with Israelis across the political spectrum. This is why his speech wasn’t even aired live on Israeli TV.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 28, 2016

John Kerry Gives a Final Warning to Israel and Netanyahu -- Christopher Dickey, Daily Beast

John Kerry’s ‘eulogy’ for Middle East peace -- Christa Case Bryant, CSM

Trump Could Be Israel’s Worst Nightmare -- Gregg Carlstrom, Politico

John Kerry's Final, Harmful Insult to Israel -- Elliot Abrams, Weekly Standard

Why Iran sees Aleppo as chance to get in rather than out -- Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor

Why ISIL fights in Europe -- Jean-Pierre Filiu, Politico

The Smart Politics Behind Abe’s Visit to Pearl Harbor -- Michael Auslin, WSJ

Why Japan's Prime Minister Abe should apologize at Pearl Harbor -- Rabbi Abraham Cooper, FOX News

The Party Endures: China and the World in 2016 -- Will Edwards, Cipher Brief

Five North Korea scenarios -- Korea Joong Ang Daily

Has Boko Haram been defeated? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera

Averting Another Crisis in Congo -- Bloomberg editorial

Putin's Perfect Storm -- Brian Whitmore, RFE

Europe's far right set for a big 2017 – but how big? -- Sara Miller Llana, CSM

4 ways Russian-NATO relations could break down in 2017 -- Alexey Timofeychev, UPI/Russia Beyond the Headline

The three tactics that took Trump from outsider to insider -- Alissa Quart, Reuters

Spy Vs. Spy: The Bay of Pigs and the Battle for the Soul of the CIA -- James Lockhart, War on the Rocks

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