
Optimism Over Syria’s New Leader, a Former Jihadist, Could Prove Misplaced
Hope must ultimately be judged by outcomes—and in Syria today, the outcomes are impossible to ignore.
By MICHAEL FREUND
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Mr. Freund, a veteran Jerusalem Post columnist, served as deputy communications director under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Hope must ultimately be judged by outcomes—and in Syria today, the outcomes are impossible to ignore.
By MICHAEL FREUND
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The nation is a serial enabler of terrorism, a state whose military and intelligence services are responsible for spilling a great deal of blood.
By MICHAEL FREUND
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The proposal’s failure is a reminder that Arab states, then as now, viewed the Palestinian issue as a useful tool with which to bash Israel.
By MICHAEL FREUND
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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By MICHAEL FREUND
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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By MICHAEL FREUND
||National

This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By MICHAEL FREUND
||National

This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By MICHAEL FREUND
||National

This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By MICHAEL FREUND
||National

This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By MICHAEL FREUND
||National

This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By MICHAEL FREUND
||National

This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By MICHAEL FREUND
||National

This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By MICHAEL FREUND
||National