The ICC Is Self-Defeating and Perverse
Its recent move against Israel demonstrates what should have been clear all along.
November 22, 2024
Hizballah’s New Leader Doesn’t Have What It Takes to Maintain the Public’s Trust
“More schoolkid than orator.”
On Wednesday, Naim Qassem made his third public appearance since becoming the secretary-general of Hizballah. A Lebanese writer using the pseudonym Nassim Badani provides a portrait of Qassem, whom he describes as lacking the charisma that contributed to the success of his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah. While Badani’s assertion that the IDF has killed “thousands” of Lebanese civilians in the current war is dubious, as are his claims that Hizballah has “thwarted Isarel ground advances” and struck “key military installations,” his analysis of Qassem is worth reading:
November 22, 2024
Hizballah’s New Leader Doesn’t Have What It Takes to Maintain the Public’s Trust
“More schoolkid than orator.”
The Jewish Poet Who Called Out T.S. Eliot’s Anti-Semitism
Emanuel Litvinoff and English excuses for “criticism” of Jews.
Ishmael, Moses, and the Case for Free Will
What a comparison of passages reveals.
A Bold Historian Who Died on the Frontlines in a Final Archaeological Quest
Ze’ev Erlich “knew more about Israeli history than nearly anyone I’ve ever met.”