The Iranian Empire Is Collapsing
How to prevent a recovery.
July 31, 2025
The Palestinian Propaganda Effort to Divide Christians over Israel
The church that wasn’t burned.
After the twin libels spread that Israelis had burned down a Palestinian church in the West Bank village of Taybeh and targeted another in Gaza, I noticed that some of the conversations on social media between pro-Israel and anti-Israel Christians deteriorated into Catholic-Protestant debates, some surprisingly vicious. (Most of the viciousness came from the anti-Israel side.) Tony Badran’s analysis helps make sense of why that was. He first explains the extent to which the Taybeh story was disconnected from reality and then argues that this was a deliberate, coordinated effort to smear Israel, with a very specific purpose:
July 31, 2025
Britain’s Plan to Keep Hamas from Releasing Hostages
Keir Starmer incentivizes the outcomes he claims not to want.
The Palestinian Propaganda Effort to Divide Christians over Israel
The church that wasn’t burned.
The Slain English Child Whose Death Became the Model Anti-Jewish Libel
A 12th-century murder mystery whose gruesome consequences live on.
An Ancient Synagogue May Have Been Uncovered in Spain
A menorah, Hebrew graffiti, and a missing cemetery.