Congress Has a Chance to Set Iran Policy Right—But Will It?
Bad Iran legislation is worse than no Iran legislation.
December 12, 2017
In Jerusalem, Calm Prevails, Despite Dire Warnings and Palestinian Threats
Days of rage? Not really.
On Sunday, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli security guard in the chest in the Jerusalem central bus station; the perpetrator was immediately arrested and the guard is now said to be in stable condition. Otherwise—and despite predictions that massive and uncontrollable Arab violence would greet President Trump’s recent Jerusalem announcement—there has been relative calm in Israel’s capital, something that is not clear from much of the reporting on the subject. Emma Green records Arab Jerusalemites’ response to their leaders’ call for “three days of rage”:
December 12, 2017
In Sweden, an Outpouring of Anti-Semitism—for Which Officials Blame Israel
A pattern of persecution and savagery that has been systematically ignored, denied, or played down by the news media and public officials.
In Jerusalem, Calm Prevails, Despite Dire Warnings and Palestinian Threats
Days of rage? Not really.
A Major Novel by a Lithuanian Jewish Writer Finally Finds Its Way to English
Shtetl Love Song.
What Was a Carving of a Menorah Doing in a Crusader Sugar Factory?
First it was part of a tomb, then of a mosque.