Iran’s Attempts to Hide Its Anti-Semitic Past—and Present
Javad Zarif boasts of tolerance. An Iranian Jew begs to differ.
April 27, 2015
Elections at Palestinian Universities Show the Fragility of Abbas’s Rule
The meaning of a landslide Hamas victory at a student-council election.
Since the Palestinian Authority has not held general elections in nearly a decade, student-council elections at Palestinian universities—where candidates run on party tickets—are often the best indicator of prevailing political winds. Thus, argues Khaled Abu Toameh, a recent landslide victory for Hamas over Fatah at Bir Zeit, together with a tie between the two at Palestine Polytechnic, constitute a “vote of no-confidence in Abbas and Fatah”:
April 27, 2015
Increased Military Spending Is a Must for Israel’s New Government
Benny Gantz's 2013 plan to cut funding was disastrously misguided.
Reinterpreting Religious Freedom, Obama-Style
The Justice Department's plan will turn judges into religious interpreters.
Anthony Trollope’s Jewish Preoccupation
Why was the English novelist so interested in Jews?
Elections at Palestinian Universities Show the Fragility of Abbas’s Rule
The meaning of a landslide Hamas victory at a student-council election.