The State Department Drops the Ball

Caroline Glick

By reversing course on closing the PLO mission, and groveling to the threatening PLO, the State Department made a laughingstock of the US and President Trump.

Coddling the PLO

Jim Fletcher

As with all visitors to the Holy Land, I saw many fascinating things on my first trip to Israel, now many moons ago.

Portents of Quagmires in Syria

Caroline Glick

Putin, Rouhani, and Erdogan are right that, as of now, they are the victors in Syria. But let us not empower them by believing them invincible.

Uncertainties and Science

Ira Sharkansky

A long and checkered medical history has combined with more than a half-century of political science to sharpen my sense that uncertainties are inherent in science, and are the most interesting elements of doing science.

Why Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan is Doomed

Ben-Dror_Yemini

The truth must be told: Regardless of the new initiative’s parameters, it won’t lead to an agreement. On the contrary, it will hinder the chances for an arrangement, because no matter what the US president offers the Palestinians, their answer is predetermined. They will say no.

The Road to Hell

Ira Sharkansky

The record of the US in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and what the enthusiasts called Arab Spring was collectively the equivalent of a Holocaust, albeit well-meant.