Why Israel Must Maintain Its Presence in the Jordan Valley
Peacekeepers and high-tech surveillance are no substitute for the IDF’s boots on the ground.
June 19, 2020
Grown from a 2,000-Year-Old Seed, a Tree Is a Reminder of the Land of Israel’s Verdant Past
A date palm named Methuselah.
In 1963, an archaeological excavation at Masada uncovered a jar containing six ancient seeds, originating sometime between 155 BCE and 64 CE, of a now-extinct species of date palm. In 2005, a researcher planted them in Israeli soil, and one grew into a robust tree, given the name Methuselah. Diane Bolz writes:
June 19, 2020
The New U.S. Sanctions on Syria Will Help, Not Harm, Civilians
But the UN and the WHO remain complicit in Assad’s war crimes.
Why Palestinians Should Take to the Streets and Start Toppling Statues
Do Palestinian lives matter?
A New Book Argues That Adam Smith Is the Moral Philosopher for Our Age
Why we should listen to the impartial spectator within.
Grown from a 2,000-Year-Old Seed, a Tree Is a Reminder of the Land of Israel’s Verdant Past
A date palm named Methuselah.