Hamas’s Growing Role in Iran’s Scheme to Encircle Israel
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, released a statement calling for “the unity of Muslims” as a precondition for solving “the Palestinian problem in the best manner.”
J Street and ‘New York Times’ Revise the English Language
What is a “settlement unit”? You mean, an apartment.
Progressives Can’t Handle Inconvenient Truths
The leftist-progressive camp’s relationship with reality is at best ambivalent. For progressives, the narrative, rather than reality, is what counts.
Iran’s Atrocious Human Rights Record Must Be Addressed Before New Nuclear Talks
There were days and nights at Evin prison, with bright lights and interrogations and little or no sleep.
Will US Deny Israel Sovereignty Over Jerusalem by Reopening Consulate for Palestinians?
The Biden administration’s plan would divide the united capital of Jerusalem and push any chance for peace with the Palestinians farther away, as well as break diplomatic norms, violate U.S. law and damage America’s special relationship with Israel.
Soner Cagaptay on Erdoğan’s Turkey: A “Democratic Comeback” Is Possible
Turkey became a “Republic of Fear in which opposing Erdoğan through ideas was criminalized.”
Jonathan Spyer: Iran and Hezbollah “Swallowing Up Lebanon”
Spyer began with a “whistle-stop tour” of the “very, very dire, social and economic situation in Lebanon.”
America’s Enemies Bite the Hands that Feed Them
Western democracies, in general, and the United States, in particular, must enhance their military posture of deterrence and pursue peace through strength, rather than through concessions and retreat.
Middle East Migrants: Stay in Your Culture Zone
As the prospect of great numbers of Afghans fleeing their country – five million have been mentioned – comes into focus, a near-universal assumption exists that the West
How the Media’s 9/11 Anniversary Coverage Shifted from a Critical Look at al-Qaida to Attacking America
Whispered first, then shouted from the dust and wreckage of that September morning in 2001 came the words that have become a mantra: Never forget.