Trump Presidency Takedown Effort is Underway

Many people think that Trump will be gone soon, somehow, whether through impeachment or resignation.
Special Counsel Mueller Will Get His Man

Trump’s initiatives to protect the American people from such attacks are tied up in the liberal courts.
Languages of Politics

Smoke and mirrors; now you see it, now you don’t; the power of symbols; sound and fury signifying nothing.
50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Jerusalem

President Trump, in his foreign trip, has telegraphed to the world that a new sheriff is in town, and that we, once again, can be relied upon by our friends and feared by our enemies.
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Hatred, Fighting Radicalization?

While US President Trump announces the opening of a global center for combating extremist ideology in Riyadh, the Saudis keep funding the most radical elements of Islam.
Paying Terrorists and Teaching Children to Hate not a Path to Peace

Abbas insisted, “We are raising our youth, our children, our grandchildren on a culture of peace.”
Iconoclast in the Promised Land

Israelis are greeting US President Donald Trump with cautious optimism. Their optimism stems from President Trump’s iconoclasm.
Parsing Words

A new flap has erupted ahead of President Trump’s visit to Israel.
Trump’s Saudi Speech: Pretty Good

Let’s go, Mr. President – it’s time to appoint a White House Commission on Radical Islam.
The Sun Shone, the Trees Blossomed, and the Butchers Slaughtered

The title of this article is taken from the translation of the poem “In the City of Slaughter” written after the 1903 Kishinev pogrom by Israel’s national poet, Chaim Nachman Bialik.