SNL’s Anti-Semitic Skit Panned and Called Out By Jews and Christians

Gilda Radner is doing flips in her grave. If she were alive, the former star of Saturday Night Live (SNL) who died in 1989, would be crying, but not from laughter.
Can Biden’s Zeal to Deal Work Better than ‘Maximum Pressure’?

The unsurprising announcement that the United States is ready to sit down with Iran is worrisome because of the new administration team’s modest goals and dismal negotiating record.
Christian Leaders Remain Silent as the Church Recycles its Oldest Hatred

South African Rev. Frank Chikane, the moderator of the WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, openly suggested that Israeli Jews were demonic.
Engaging with the UN Human Rights Council

It’s a real American conundrum—namely, because the majority of its member states are illiberal autocracies, and yet, the only country to have its record scrutinized as a fixed agenda item is Israel.
We Don’t Want to Fight, but We Will Blow You Away

In the simulation, the catalyst that triggered the “conflict” was a Hezbollah surface to air attack against an Israeli aircraft which is something that they tried to do earlier this month, firing anti-aircraft missiles at an Israeli drone.
New Data Shows Outsized Islamist Terrorist Threat in Europe

Authorities in Denmark and Germany arrested 14 suspected Islamists earlier this month for plotting a terrorist attack, likely in Europe. The suspects, who include three Syrian brothers, are accused of acquiring firearms and several kilograms of chemicals used for manufacturing explosives, Denmark’s security and intelligence service said Friday. An Islamic State (ISIS) flag was also discovered in subsequent […]
The Palestinian Issue: A Land-For-Peace Proposition?

“Cleansing the 1948 land of the Zionist presence,” not peaceful coexistence, is the focal point of the Palestinian ethos.
EU Living in ‘Alternate Universe’ Over Criticism of Construction in Strategic Jerusalem Neighborhood

Construction in Jerusalem’s Givat Hamatos represents the first stage of a 2,600-unit housing project geared to young families to encourage them to remain in the Israeli capital.
Reform Movement Denounces its Own ‘West Bank Settlers’

Some of Tzur Hadassah’s residents are in a pickle: Either they accept the apartheid-like implications of the Union for Reform Judaism’s position—by refusing to drive on certain roads, ride on certain buses or buy houses on certain streets—or they risk being denounced by their own religious leaders.
Turkey, Pakistan: Inside the Ankara-Islamabad Axis

A joint military exercise involving Turkish and Pakistani Special Forces commenced this week in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which borders Afghanistan.