Iran: Israel was behind an explosion and fire at Iran’s Natanz nuclear complex, a Middle Eastern intelligence official with knowledge of the incident told The New York Times on Monday. A member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps confirmed to the Times that an explosive was used in the incident as well. Both officials spoke […]
On the Fourth of July, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan delivered a three-hour address on YouTube during which he delivered a litany of antisemitic remarks. Among the attacks, Farrakhan said that Jews are responsible for supplanting Torah with the Talmud: “They made that word in their minds and in their believers’ minds greater than […]
by Giulio Meotti For the intersectional activists tiny minds, the US is the world’s biggest oppressor — not China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, or Iran. “What the media does not tell you is that America is the best place on the planet to be black, female, gay, trans or what have you. We have our problems […]
In a commentary published in The Guardian, Avi Shlaim maintains that by recognizing Palestine, Britain can help right the wrongs of 1917’s Balfour Declaration. According to Shlaim, the theft of Palestinian land is a legacy of British colonialism. As such, the UK must do what it can to prevent Israeli annexation of parts of the […]
On Wednesday, a Palestinian Arab driver drove into soldiers at an Israeli checkpoint tower near Jerusalem. In response, Israeli Border Police on the scene opened fire and killed the driver. Palestinian officials charged Israel with cold-blooded murder. According to them, the suspect, a nephew of senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat, was simply rushing to pick […]
On June 10 a web site called opiniojuris.org circulated an article entitled An Open Letter to the Israeli Government, which claims that Israel’s plans to annex certain parts of the disputed territories in Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”) per se violate international law. The letter was electronically signed by a number of lawyers, legal […]
If the annexation issue had a Facebook status it would be ‘complicated’. To get a complete, nuanced picture of this evolving story requires a careful attention to sometimes confusing details and an awareness of historical context. But in this era of clickbait, an evocative headline and catchy introduction can distract readers from the cold, hard […]
If we allow the Black Lives Matter movement to become America’s Bolshevik Revolution, we will lose our liberty, and many of us will likely lose our lives, as well, for daring to question them. This was never about racism. It has been about power an. By Douglas V. Gibbs Classic totalitarian regimes share a number of […]
The term “settlement blocs” has been used in the Israeli-Palestinian theatre since at least the early 1990s, but came into common use in Middle East peacemaking terminology during the presidency of Bill Clinton. Semantically, a “bloc” is defined as a combination of persons, groups, or nations forming a unit with a common interest or purpose. […]
Statues, names of streets, schools, and public squares are expressions of a country’s culture and history. But what if the way people view their national heroes changes over time? This is what America is grappling with today. Over the last few days, nationwide protests have catalyzed calls across the United States for the removal of […]
