Lessons for Israel from Iran’s Response to the Killing of Qassem Suleimani
Tehran’s weakness is its need to preserve credibility in the eyes of its people.
February 19, 2020
How an American Journalist Accidentally Discovered the Truth about the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Stabbed by reality.
As a Protestant raised in a “politically correct New England town,” Hunter Stuart accepted the proposition that “Israel is unjustly bullying the Palestinians,” alongside other standard liberal beliefs like support for gun control and legal abortion. But after arriving in Jerusalem to work as a journalist in 2015 amidst a wave of stabbings and car rammings, and speaking with and befriending a number of Israelis and Palestinians, his views began to change. He recounts the quintessentially Israeli experience of texting his wife every time he saw a report of an attack to make sure she wasn’t among those harmed. In his telling, the decisive turning point came when a Jewish friend mentioned that one of his friends had been murdered by a terrorist:
February 19, 2020
Syria’s Civil War Is Far from Over, and the U.S. Can Still Affect Its Outcome
Damascus can’t hold the territory it has taken.
How an American Journalist Accidentally Discovered the Truth about the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Stabbed by reality.
Why Routine Is as Important to Prayer as Concentration
And how it enriches other realms of life.
An Ancient Canaanite Temple Sheds Light on Judaism’s Early Competitors
The “smiting gods” of its holy of holies.