Slowly but Surely, Israel’s Ties with the Gulf States Are Coming Out into the Open
Next year in Dubai?
May 2, 2019
The Myth That Poverty Causes Terrorism Refuses to Die
Even as evidence to the contrary continues to grow.
Despite the fact that the perpetrators of the September 11 terrorist attacks came mostly from middle- or upper-middle-class families, as have scores of other terrorists, many Westerners were still surprised to learn that the suicide bombers who killed hundreds in Sri Lanka on Easter were likewise educated and well-off. Claude Berrebi and Owen Engel explain the extensive research that disproves the persistent myth that poverty causes terrorism:
May 2, 2019
Anti-Semitism Hasn’t Gone Away—but Jews Need No Longer Feel Powerless
The Israeli ambassador’s reflections on Yom Hashoah.
A Captive American Journalist Sheds His Naïveté about the Islamic Republic
Because Iran’s theocrats deal only in subterfuge, conspiracy, and lies, they imagine everyone else does, too.
The Myth That Poverty Causes Terrorism Refuses to Die
Even as evidence to the contrary continues to grow.
Instagramming the Holocaust
A fresh approach to education about the Shoah is necessary, but this isn’t it.