Sexual Harassment East and West
For a time, one could not open a newspaper or visit an online news site without finding yet another scandal about sexual harassment. Lawyers are presumably going to have a field day for years to come.
Have We Lost All Our Marbles?
Apparently, yes. Or at least the Minister of Transportation, Israel Katz, has lost his marbles.
When Trump Tweets, Let The Palestinians Tremble
The Pakistanis, he correctly noted, “give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan.”
Iran’s Mullahs: Dictators Who Need A Perpetual Enemy
The course of the uprising is not yet clear, but its success would be the harbinger of the Middle East free of a malign influence. We can’t abandon the people of Iran.
Iran Sends More to the Gallows
At the end of December 2017, something almost without precedent happened in cities across Iran. It started in the largest shrine city of Mashhad, then moved to Kermanshah, which had not long before suffered a major earthquake in which some 600 people died and where survivors had been neglected by the state.
In a Foolish Decision, Likud Gave BDS a Valuable Gift
When senior members of the ruling party conflate a demand to apply Israeli law to the settlements with unlimited construction in Judea and Samaria, who needs the anti-Israel boycott movement?
Considering Netanyahu’s Transformational Leadership
Both Netanyahu’s detractors and supporters view his long stewardship of Israel as largely inconsequential because Netanyahu has not overseen any grand, headline-grabbing initiatives.
Will Iran’s Regime Again Unleash Immense Brutality Against Protesters?
We hope for the stability of the region and the world, but mostly for the Iranian people, that this odious regime can be overthrown. But in the meantime, we hope that there will be no more Nedas.
Why Calling Lorde a ‘Bigot’ Won’t Earn Israel Any PR Points… and What Will
The full-page Washington Post ad firing back at Lorde for deciding to cancel her Israel concert due to BDS pressure by calling her a “bigot,” and blasting New Zealand at the same time, is not the kind of response that will earn Israel’s image any points.
On Assassination, Preemption, and Counterterrorism: The View from International Law
The United States and a few of its more-or-less reluctant allies are presently engaged in an inconclusive “war” with terrorism.