BENNY AVNI

BENNY AVNI

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Benny Avni is the Foreign Editor of the Sun.

Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion,…

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Today’s Protest Movements Are Echoing Those of 1968, Except for the Added Antisemitism

The Vietnam-era protesters might have been wrongheaded, but they feared being drafted. What today’s protesters scream about is one thing — hatred of Jews.

AP/Stefan Jeremiah
Foreign

Will Biden’s Deference to Bodies Such as International Criminal Court End Up Biting America as Well as Israel?

Israel and America are not members of the court, yet the ICC opened investigations against individuals in both countries. Asserting that the court is ‘independent,’ rather than stressing it has no jurisdiction over Israel, could come to haunt America too.

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Foreign

With Blinken at Riyadh for a Summit on Gaza War, Will a Saudi-Israeli Peace Deal Come Into Focus?

Blinken’s trip is likely the last opportunity for the administration to complete that deal, which could become Biden’s most — or even only — successful foreign policy achievement.

AP/Mark Schiefelbein, pool
Foreign

Biden’s Renewed Focus on Hostages Raises Questions About the Direction of Dealings With Hamas

Does Washington now plan to exert serious pressure on the terrorist organization holding the hostages? Or is Biden making a last-ditch attempt to stop Israel from attacking Hamas’s remaining bastion at Rafah?

AP/Maya Alleruzzo, file
Foreign

As America Fights for Influence in the Pacific, a Biden Tale About Cannibalism Could Boost Communist China

From social media to official government statements, the president’s unsubstantiated remarks — indicating backwardness in a Pacific ally — have raised anger across Papua New Guinea.

AP/Evan Vucci, file
Foreign

A Tale of Two Tent Cities: Israel Builds One Near Rafah as Anti-Israel Protesters Defend Another at Columbia University

Perhaps influenced by a growing anti-Israel protest movement on America’s campuses, the Department of State is raising the stakes, claiming a Rafah operation would lead to ‘inordinate’ harm to civilians.

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