Israel Slew Another Hamas Head in Gaza, While Victory Remains Elusive
Yet the terrorist group has never been more unpopular in Gaza.
May 18, 2026
The Logic behind Israel’s Lawsuit against the “Times”
The newspaper can be compelled to show its work—if it did any.
Last week, the Israeli government announced that it plans to take legal action against the New York Times for the scurrilous column that appeared last week about conditions in Israeli military prisons. Given the high bar to winning a defamation suit in the U.S., and the fact that U.S. law does not allow national governments to bring such suits, the prospects for such a course of action seem dim. Mark Goldfeder nonetheless believes that Jerusalem has a plan, one that begins with filing charges in an Israeli court:
May 18, 2026
What Should Jews Make of the Nakba?
Acknowledging Palestinian suffering doesn’t require accepting the call for Israel’s violent destruction.
The Logic behind Israel’s Lawsuit against the “Times”
The newspaper can be compelled to show its work—if it did any.
John Quincy Adams’s Sermon on Aaron
Rhetoric, tyranny, and holiness.
Abraham Foxman, of Blessed Memory
Can we afford not to be pessimistic?