By Seeking to Open a Consulate in Jerusalem, the Biden Administration Is Recognizing Palestinian Claims There
Should Israel’s capital be the only one in the world with both a U.S. embassy and a consulate?
October 8, 2021
Iran’s Drones Are a Powerful New Weapon of War
They can’t win decisive victories, but they can wreak havoc.
In the past few years, Tehran and its proxies have carried out a number of attacks on Israeli, American, and Saudi targets using drones. Unlike America’s Predator drones, which can fire missiles and then return to their bases, these are laden within explosives and simply crashed into their intended targets. The Wall Street Journal reports that these aircraft are “often made with widely available components used in the ever-growing commercial drone market and by hobbyists,” but some borrow engines or other design features from U.S. and Israeli models, likely based on pirated blueprints or, in at least one case, reverse-engineering components of a downed drone. Seth Frantzman observes:
October 8, 2021
Iran’s Drones Are a Powerful New Weapon of War
They can’t win decisive victories, but they can wreak havoc.
When the Next Arab Spring Comes, America Should Be Ready—and Shouldn’t Forget the Abraham Accords
Simultaneously weighing values and interests.
W.G. Sebald Plundered Jews’ Stories to Write His Fiction, Then Lied about It
He didn’t so much write about Jews as about their absence.
The Treacherous Former Jew, the Duchess Who Would Be Queen, and a Crucial Moment in the History of French Anti-Semitism
Before Alfred Dreyfus, there was Simon Deutz.