The Palestinian Authority’s Stabbing Strategy
Limited-liability terror.
March 1, 2016
How Did Mohamed Merah Slip through the Cracks?
A new book tells the story.
Four years ago, a twenty-three-year-old Frenchman of Algerian descent named Mohamed Merah carried out three terror attacks over the course of a nine-day period, killing three French soldiers as well as four civilians, three of them children, at a Jewish day school. He was subsequently shot and killed by French police following a 30-hour siege. Reviewing a new French book that tells Merah’s story, John Rosenthal notes his “mind-boggling” success in avoiding French authorities, who had him on their radar well before the attacks:
March 1, 2016
How Did Mohamed Merah Slip through the Cracks?
A new book tells the story.
Iran’s Fake Election
Some moderates may have won, but it means little change in foreign policy.
Can a Television Serial Help Bridge the Divide between the Ultra-Orthodox and the Rest of Israeli Society?
The prime-time Ḥaredim of Shtisel.
What Names on Ancient Artifacts Convey about Religion in Biblical Israel
Many include the tetragrammaton.