The Middle East’s Leadership Crisis, and What It Means for the Prospect of Palestinian Statehood
As long as Palestinians are led by selfish and corrupt leaders, the two-state solution is unrealistic.
August 16, 2017
Charlottesville, Denouncing Political Violence, and the Left’s Guilt-by-Association Problem
Why not hold Mahmoud Abbas to the same standards as Donald Trump?
Following the car-ramming attack by a neo-Nazi at the recent, violent protest in Charlottesville, many American conservatives made clear their disgust with the variety of racist groups gathered there. Many on both right and left also criticized the president for not being quicker and less equivocal in his condemnations. Yet, notes Ruthie Blum, many leftwing commentators “went even further, blaming not only Trump but the United States itself for the climate that led to the events in Virginia, with [one writer] arguing that ‘What Happened in Charlottesville Is All Too American.’” Blum wonders why the same premise of guilt by association doesn’t apply to the Palestinian Authority (PA):
August 16, 2017
Charlottesville, Denouncing Political Violence, and the Left’s Guilt-by-Association Problem
Why not hold Mahmoud Abbas to the same standards as Donald Trump?
The British Jews Who Helped Create Thatcherism
They did for Margaret Thatcher what neoconservatives did for Reagan.
Europe Still Prefers Its Jews Dead and Quaint
Fake Jewish weddings and what they mean.
The Real Story of How Orthodox Education for Girls Came to Eastern Europe
If you build it, the rabbis will come.