Europe’s Civilizationist Parties
Don’t shun the populists of Europe; work with and learn from them
Israeli Ingenuity Changing the World
It’s been 70 years since Israel started transforming the Middle East’s technology desert, making it bloom and boom with more than 5,000 start-ups and myriad multinational corporations.
German Chancellor Merkel Visits Israel, Meets with Netanyahu, Visits Yad Vashem
Germany’s long-term Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Israel yesterday evening, ahead of several meetings between her and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and their respective country’s ministers.
Germany: Anti-Immigration Party Surges in Popularity
The AfD’s opponents, who often brand the party as “far right” or “extremist,” claim that the party’s alleged ties to neo-Nazi groups pose an existential threat to Germany’s constitutional order.
Who Are Europe’s Most Important Politicians?
After many years of getting nowhere, the opposition to lax immigration controls and multiculturalism has now become a significant force in nine countries, seven of them members of the European Union.
Germany: Migration Deal Keeps Merkel in Power, For Now
In an extraordinary last-minute reversal, Chancellor Angela Merkel, facing the imminent collapse of her coalition government, agreed late on July 2 to reinstate border controls with Austria.
Germany’s Migrant Rape Crisis: “Failure of the State”
The rape and murder of a 14-year-old Jewish girl by a failed Iraqi asylum seeker has cast a renewed spotlight on Germany’s migrant rape crisis, which has continued unabated for years amid official complicity and public apathy.
Trump Reimposes Sanctions on Iran After Withdrawing From Nuclear Deal
‘We will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction,’ warned Trump. ‘Any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States.’
What Happens When ‘Most People’ Are Right About Iran?
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s declared position is that it does not want nuclear weapons and never has. Which is good, because the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) contains language declaring that “under no circumstances will Iran ever seek, develop, or acquire any nuclear weapons.”
Europe Wants Unity on Iran but Undermines Trump on Jerusalem
As French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel beat a path for the White House in back-to-back visits this week, the media coverage of U.S. – European Union relations is focused on efforts to convince President Donald Trump to keep faith with his predecessor Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
