The Old Syria Is Back, This Time Accompanied by Hizballah, Iran, and Russia
Agreements mean little in Moscow and Damascus.
January 9, 2018
Saudi Arabia’s Rulers Have Cautiously Opened the Door to Liberalization. They Should Keep Pushing
An activist speaks.
Over the past two years, the Saudi government has curbed the power of the clerical police and eased some religious restrictions, most notably by extending to women the right to drive cars. Ensaf Haidar—whose husband Raif has been imprisoned and publicly lashed for propagating liberal ideas on his blog—hopes that such reforms will be followed by a more liberal attitude toward dissent:
January 9, 2018
Having Lost Votes, Supporters of Academic Boycotts of Israel Complain of Conspiracies
An inside look at the latest BDS machination.
Saudi Arabia’s Rulers Have Cautiously Opened the Door to Liberalization. They Should Keep Pushing
An activist speaks.
Translator, Novelist, Zionist, Detective
A visit with Hillel Halkin.
Religious Faith Depends on a Way of Life, Not the Other Way Around
Children learn values and traditions long before they have even a rudimentary ability to contemplate the content of belief.