The Palestinian Solidarity Statement I’d Like to See

The petition is available here at Change.org, where anyone can sign it, even anonymously.
Michael Mandelbaum on Biden’s Middle East Policy Challenges

Biden is being “dragged pretty far … to the left of where good American foreign policy should be.”
Joe Biden’s Catastrophic Judgment

As the president rejects all criticism of his personal failure in Afghanistan, there is effectively zero chance he will reconsider his policy of 42 years on Iran.
Confusion, Blame-Shifting, and Inaccuracy: Academia Reacts to the Fall of Afghanistan

The default academic position for over two decades has been to blame America for everything.
CAIR Lectures Media About Accurately Quoting Jihadists

CAIR officials have been unwilling to condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization and sometimes react testily when asked.
Is Inflation Cooling and Putting in a Top? Could It Be that I was Wrong?

To keep it simple: Nope! Not this time anyway. That is, however, what you hear from the wistful market makers who want to see last week’s CPI release as proof inflation was “transitory.” Let me disabuse you of that fantasy entirely. Inflation took a breather. It didn’t fall. It climbed, but not as much as […]
Iran Goes on the Offensive as the U.S. Retreats From Afghanistan and Elsewhere

Part of the escalation was last month’s fatal drone attack on the merchant vessel Mercer Street in the Gulf of Oman.
Jerusalem on Fire

Jerusalem needs your prayers. This week, Jerusalem has been blanketed in smoke from wildfires that appear to have been started by terrorist arsonists. Because Israel is enduring a prolonged heatwave amid the dry summer, it has suffered an unprecedented and dangerous number of fires. Most recently, Jerusalem and the surrounding area have been the victim […]
Afghanistan’s Fall “is a Message for U.S. Allies”

The sight of terrified Afghans trying to cling to an American aircraft taking off from Kabul Airport on Monday underlines the level of fear that Afghans have over the “return of the Taliban monster,” said Rabi.
What Exactly are ‘Auschwitz Borders’?

Longtime Israeli statesman Abba Eban made no bones about what would happen if Arab forces overran the nine-mile-wide coastal plain he was referring to.