Hamas’s New Strategy Is Working, and Israel Must Act Swiftly to Stop It
Calm in Gaza combined with attacks from the West Bank.
December 24, 2021
In Vienna, the Rothschilds Are Getting Their Due
A Jewish success story—even if they never controlled the weather or created space lasers.
In a 2018 Facebook post, Marjory Taylor Greene—who subsequently became a congresswoman from Georgia—speculated about the role of the “Rothschild Inc. international investment-banking firm” in causing wildfires in California by means of “space solar generators.” In the same year, a Washington, DC councilman blamed a snowstorm on “a model based off the Rothschilds” that involves “controlling the climate to create natural disasters.” Of course, the real Rothschild family—whose name comes from the red shield logo of their pawnshop in the Frankfurt ghetto—has little to do with such fantasies. Its fascinating history is the subject of a new exhibition at Vienna’s Jewish museum, reviewed by Liam Hoare:
December 24, 2021
Washington Needs to Do a Better Job Explaining Its War on al-Qaeda to the American People
Reports of civilian casualties come without context—because the Pentagon isn’t providing it.
Could Bangladesh Join Other Muslim Countries in Breaking the Taboo on Relations with Israel?
The Jewish state was one of few to support it during its war of independence.
Joan Didion, in Memoriam
A tribute to a “splendid writer.”
In Vienna, the Rothschilds Are Getting Their Due
A Jewish success story—even if they never controlled the weather or created space lasers.