What I've been up to

I haven’t had a chance to write something specifically for this Substack yet - and, as I said in the first post, I probably won’t at least until the end of December - but here are some of the more interesting things I’ve written since I started this newsletter:

• On the FBI’s double standard exposed by its investigation of the Shireen Abu Akleh killing: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-722551

• US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides has avoided visiting settlements, but decided to pay a condolence call over the Green Line after the terrorist attack in Ariel: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-722703

• Azerbaijan’s parliament authorized the opening of an embassy in Israel, 3 weeks after I reported that this was coming: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-722774

• Interesting study shows that support for regime change in Iran comes amid increasing secularization: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-723023

• Israeli reporters and soccer fans at the World Cup in Qatar are reporting harassment from Arab fans. Their reaction shows Israeli naivete about the Abraham Accords and its limitations: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-723460

If you’re not already listening to The Jerusalem Post podcast, which I cohost, here are the latest episodes:

• A former Jewish extremist explains today’s Israeli politics: https://www.jpost.com/podcast/yaakov-and-lahav/article-722653

• Terrorism in Jerusalem, antisemitism in New York: https://www.jpost.com/podcast/yaakov-and-lahav/article-723382