The Hill: `US-Israel alliance key to prevent spreading Iranian influence`
(WorldNews Politics)

None fully comprehend the dire threats facing the state of Israel better than Israelis themselves. Since its creation in 1948, Israel has thrived in a region surrounded by few who recognize its existence as a state and adversaries who issue threats of annihilation on a regular basis. To say it is located in one of the most tumultuous regions in the world is an understatement. The Israeli government constantly confronts a sobering list of challenges: the Syrian civil war; Hezbollah and Hamas in the Golan Heights (both backed by Iran); and ISIS`s growing terror presence in the Sinai Peninsula, and Daesh who carried out the deadly Palm Sunday bombings last April which lead to the closure of the...