The Moral and Legal Case for Killing an Iranian Nuclear Scientist
Misunderstanding the reality of modern war.
December 2, 2020
The Moral and Legal Case for Killing an Iranian Nuclear Scientist
Misunderstanding the reality of modern war.
Following the assassination last week of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the chief scientist of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear-weapons program, came a predictable chorus of condemnation from European diplomats and American commentators, often ignoring the fact that Fakhrizadeh was not a civilian but a brigadier general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a designated terrorist organization. Richard Kemp explains why criticisms of Fakhrizadeh’s killing—widely thought to have been an Israeli covert operation—are nonsensical. Kemp pays particular attention to the arguments set forth by the former CIA director John O. Brennan:
December 2, 2020
The Abraham Accords Were the Final Nail in the Coffin of Arab Nationalism
The end of a bad idea.
When “Human Rights” Becomes a Cudgel to Beat the Jews
Why the State Department’s recent move deserves bipartisan support.
A Nine-Year-Old Boy Discovers a Bead from the Era of the First Temple in Jerusalem
An amulet, perhaps, or a priestly ornament.
The Polish Gentile Who Devoted Her Life to Preserving Abandoned Synagogues
Maria Piechotka, in memoriam.