Totalitarians

Jim Fletcher

PLO chieftains Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas learned well from the east German and Romanian secret police, which trained them in terror tactics, including Psyops and violence.

Coping with Germany

Ira Sharkansky

Varda has described what there is to appreciate in this country: its order, performance, and owning up to responsibilities.

The Center for Jewish History CEO and Jewish Voices for Peace

Ronn Torossian

Is this where liberal US Jewry is going? The Jewish Voice for Peace was called one of the ten most active anti-Israel organizations by no less than the ADL, but JSAN is defending The Center for Jewish History’s CEO’s being on their academic board.

The Forgotten Palestinians

Khaled Abu Toameh

More than 1,600 Palestinians have gone missing in Syria, and hundreds have been killed, since the beginning of the civil war there.

Iran

Ira Sharkansky

A Trump-like character speaking in Hebrew, Farsi, or Arabic is the last thing needed in these parts.

Wiggling

Ira Sharkansky

Wiggling may not be a central concept in the professional literature of scholars who seek to explain international relations.

Crossing the Rubicon

Sarah Stern

On Wednesday, at a U.S. State Department press briefing, the Rubicon was finally crossed.