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Conrad Black: We Should Be Clear on What Iran’s Air Assault on Israel Represents

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Conrad Black: We Should Be Clear on What Iran’s Air Assault on Israel Represents
A billboard depicting Iranian ballistic missiles with text in Arabic reading "the honest [person's] promise" and in Persian reading "Israel is weaker than a spider's web," in Valiasr Square in central Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2024. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
Conrad Black
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The attempted blitzkrieg on Israel by Iran when it launched over 300 drones and missiles at Israel on April 13 proved once again the fallacy of the widespread Western view, including the Canadian government and its partners in the NDP, that what has been happening in the Middle East is just another skirmish in the lengthy disagreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours over their borders.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.