An Alternative to Creating a Doomed-to-Fail Palestinian State
Talk to clan leaders, not Fatah officials.
February 10, 2017
A Federal Court Upholds the Suspension of Government Employees for Taking Time Off on Passover
A disturbing precedent.
In 2013, Susan Abeles, an observant Jew working for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), stayed home from work on the last days of Passover—as she had done during the previous 26 years she was employed there. She returned to her office after the holiday to find that she had been suspended, based on a technicality in the way she had filed her request for leave. Abeles then sued. On January 26, a federal appellate court ruled against her, in a decision Michael A. Helfand calls “disturbing.”
February 10, 2017
Recent Iranian Missile Tests Show the Weaknesses of the Nuclear Deal
And of the UN resolution that buttresses it.
The Problems with Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Organization
The U.S. shouldn’t overplay its hand.
A Federal Court Upholds the Suspension of Government Employees for Taking Time Off on Passover
A disturbing precedent.
A New Excavation Will Explore an Ancient Location of the Tabernacle
One of the last untouched major Judean sites.