Lawlessness Is the Source of the West Bank’s Current Problems
Repairing broken windows can help Israelis and Palestinians alike.
September 9, 2026
“The most precarious moment” in American Jewish history.
The failures of intelligence and strategy, the unheeded warnings, the partisan recriminations, and the conspiratorial casting of blame are all familiar to Americans from the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. But at least some Americans responded soberly and responsibly. In New York City, the result has been one of the world’s most impressive counterterrorism apparatuses. Judith Miller writes:
Repairing broken windows can help Israelis and Palestinians alike.
Beyond the blame game.
“The most precarious moment” in American Jewish history.
Josef K. and his biblical namesake.
The sacred calendar’s two cycles.
The failures of intelligence and strategy, the unheeded warnings, the partisan recriminations, and the conspiratorial casting of blame are all familiar to Americans from the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. But at least some Americans responded soberly and responsibly. In New York City, the result has been one of the world’s most impressive counterterrorism apparatuses. Judith Miller writes:
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