Beware the Dangers of a “Prisoner Swap” with Hamas
Releasing terrorists risks Israeli lives.
May 12, 2020
The Many Failures of the International Body That Monitors Terror Financing
A blind eye to Palestinian terrorism.
Originally founded to combat money laundering, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had its remit expanded in 2001 to monitor the funding of terrorism. At its most recent meeting in February, it took the commendable step of moving Iran from its “grey list” of states that deserve scrutiny to its “black list” of states that should be sanctioned for supporting terrorist groups. Noah Phillips writes that the facts that the Islamic Republic, which has systematically sponsored and participated in terrorism since its creation, had not already been on the black list, and that Pakistan—which has singlehandedly sustained the Taliban—remains on the grey demonstrates FATF’s ineffectiveness. And there are other offenders the body ignores entirely:
May 12, 2020
By Acting against Hizballah, the West Has a Chance to Prevent Lebanon from Becoming Another Gaza
A country on the verge of economic collapse.
The Many Failures of the International Body That Monitors Terror Financing
A blind eye to Palestinian terrorism.
The Anglo-Jewish Pilots Who Helped Save Their Country, and Their People, from the Nazis
The Jews of the Royal Air Force.
A Rare Coin Commemorates a Brief Moment of Jewish Freedom from Roman Rule
A remnant of the Bar Kokhba rebellion.