Billy Graham Owed Thanks for Support of Israel

An anti-Semitic adviser to King Achashverosh concocted a plot to destroy the Jews, yet God subverted the evil plan.
Last Time Iraq, This Time Iran, Time For Purim

This is not so different from the Nuremberg Trials after World War II, when 23 Nazi war criminals were tried.
Anti-Semitism in Poland in Part of a Larger European Problem

Relations between Poland and Israel are in their deepest crisis in memory in the wake of Poland’s move to criminalize criticism of Polish collaboration with the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Germany: Meet Jens Spahn, Merkel’s Possible Successor

“I am a burkaphobe.”
Israel and the Abyss: Chaos as Source of National Security

Although plainly counter-intuitive, Middle Eastern chaos could sometime prove an opportunity for Israel, rather than a liability. This is the case if Jerusalem were to understand regional “abyss” as an unlikely source of improved and more creative strategic thinking.
Defending the Rule of Law

If Netanyahu is forced from office, Israeli democracy will be critically, and possibly irreparably, debilitated.
Iceland’s Declaration of War on Judaism

Iceland’s authorities might as well hang a large sign in the arrivals terminal at Reykjavik airport saying, “No Jews or Muslims allowed.”
Does Jihad Really have “Nothing to do with Islam”?

Recently, US National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster once again downplayed the significance of faith by claiming that Islamic ideology is “irreligious”; meanwhile, up to 1.5 billion Muslims continue claiming, as they have done for 1400 years, that it is.
Analyzing the Latest Round of Big Military Moves in the Middle East

This weekend’s confrontation was a battle in a larger war. So, the question remains for all concerned: Will Iran be permitted to build the platform in Syria for Israel’s destruction? If not, who — in what combination — will stop them?
Altogether Bewildering Challenges

US President Donald Trump, plainly over his depth in strategic matters, could soon be faced with unprecedented challenges to American national security. In this connection, the most expectedly daunting threats will concern some forms or other of nuclear strategy and nuclear war.