No, U.S. Sanctions Are Not the Reason for Iran’s Coronavirus Crisis
The ayatollahs’ financial woes are the result of prioritizing terrorism over caring for their people.
March 20, 2020
Both Sides Are to Blame for Israel’s Parliamentary Impasse
But coronavirus is only a convenient excuse.
At the very moment when Jerusalem needs to weigh economic and public-health measures for dealing with coronavirus, the Jewish state is in a post-election political limbo until one of the major parties can successfully form a governing coalition. Meanwhile, the speaker of the Knesset, Yuli Edelstein, has effectively closed the body down, citing fears of spreading infection. Such fears are no doubt justified, writes Haviv Rettig Gur, but there are procedural workarounds that Edelstein has refused to consider; rather, his motive is a political one:
March 20, 2020
Both Sides Are to Blame for Israel’s Parliamentary Impasse
But coronavirus is only a convenient excuse.
Plummeting Oil Prices Could Weaken Russia’s Influence in the Middle East
And that would be good for Israel.
Tom Stoppard’s Conservative Reckoning with His Jewish Past
Are there more important things than being a Jew?
A Biblical Lesson about Community, Crowds, and the Vices of Social Media
A mob built the Golden Calf; a community built the Tabernacle.