Joe Biden Can’t Overturn His Predecessor’s Middle East Policy—Even If He Wants To
The region has changed, and American influence is waning.
January 25, 2021
The Rising Tide of Islamist Violence in France, and the Anti-Semitism at Its Core
“You are two of the things I hate most: French and Jewish.”
In October of last year, a concerted online agitation by Islamic radicals focused on a suburban schoolteacher named Samuel Paty, who had the temerity to discuss cartoons of Mohammad in the context of a lesson on free speech. The result—Paty’s murder and beheading by the son of Chechen refugees—shocked France deeply. Playing a key role in encouraging antipathy toward Paty, writes Marc Weitzmann, was Abdelhakim Sefrioui. (Free registration required.)
January 25, 2021
The Rising Tide of Islamist Violence in France, and the Anti-Semitism at Its Core
“You are two of the things I hate most: French and Jewish.”
Qatar’s Reconciliation with Its Neighbors Might Not Last
So long as Qatari support for radical Islam continues, the underlying problem remains unsolved.
A Defense of Reason Rooted in the Talmudic Conception of Law
Realism, shmealism.
How a Group of Holocaust Survivors Defied the British Navy to Sail from Italy to the Land of Israel
The People on the Beach.