Syria Gets Us Farther from a Post-War Epoch

This came within a week of President Trump’s pronouncement that “we’re knocking the hell out of ISIS. We’ll be coming out of Syria, like very soon. Let the other people take care of it now.”
Donald Trump, Syria and the prevention of Genocide

The implications of a hasty US withdrawal from Syria.
Shame on Natalie Portman

Genesis Prize should rescind her award.
Mission Accomplished?

Politically and militarily, then, it can reasonably be said that America’s limited mission was accomplished.
The Great Distraction of Punitive Airstrikes

Despite escalating worries about Russia in past weeks, the skies did not fall in as a result of the American-led punitive raid on Syria’s chemical weapons storage and research facilities Saturday morning.
Israel Stands with Hungary’s Nationalist Government

In standing with Orban, Netanyahu demonstrated that for Israel, “Never Again” means standing against all forms of antisemitism with equal force.
Is Jordan About to Fall Apart?

Is Jordan the next destination for the “Arab Spring?” Demonstrations against the king have reached new levels.
World’s Silence on Syria is a License to Kill

As the butcher of Damascus keeps massacring his own people, the international condemnations are directed at Israel, which has to deal with Palestinians waving the Nazi flag and screaming ‘death to the Jews.’ Meanwhile, ‘human rights organizations’ are cooperating with this great deception.
Israel Turns a Corner on Protecting Its Sovereignty

Monday may have been a turning point in the global battle between the forces of nationalism and national self-determination on the one hand, and the forces pushing for a post-nationalist world with open borders on the other.
UN Watchdog Slams Appointment of Syria to Head Chemical Weapons Forum

‘Having the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad preside over global chemical and nuclear weapons disarmament will be like putting a serial rapist in charge of a women’s shelter,’ said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch.