Hamas Commander: “Our Soldiers Yearn for Death”

Mohammed Deif, the reclusive leader of Hamas’s military wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a pre-recorded message claiming victory over Israeli forces and urging followers to stay steadfast in their fight.

The Threat is Blowback

Watching the undoing, in a week, of victories that US forces won in Iraq at great cost over many years, Americans are asking themselves what, if anything, should be done.

The Baha’is in Iran

Anyone who takes an interest in human rights issues in Iran — and there are many who do — probably knows about the Baha’is. They are a small religious minority (perhaps as many as 300,000), but nonetheless the largest in the country.