The Sleepwalkers

This is not merely a matter of poor police or intelligence work.
‘Moderate’ Palestinian Authority Unveils STATUE of ‘Refrigerator Bomber’ Who Murdered 15

On July 4, 1975, in Zion Square in Jerusalem, a booby-trapped refrigerator exploded, killing 15 people and wounding 77.
The Trump-Sanders Coalition

Trump’s appeal to Sanders supporters is based on trade.
Coup Attempt in Turkey: A Feast of Pretexts

Turkey now will be an even more difficult place to live in for dissidents.
UK: It Wasn’t a Gaffe

If there was a gaffe, it wasn’t by Johnson.
The Case for Kurdish Statehood

Palestinian nationalism, the Kurds and double standards.
Why Not Zero?

The Obama administration has announced that it will not cut the U.S. troop deployment in Afghanistan to 5,000 as planned, but will leave 8,400 soldiers to support the Afghan government in its fight against the Taliban.
Behind the Lines: Islamic State Shifts Strategy

The latest wave of bombings by Islamic State confirm a pattern long observed.
Moral Equivalence has Become a Moral Atrocity

The international community’s failure to distinguish good from evil — and the victims it produces.
Another Voice Predicting Islamism’s Doom

According to Marzouki, Islamists ‘use an ideological cover for a tyranny that is … repressive and corrupt.’