By Putting Economic Pressure on Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas Has Inadvertently Helped Curb Its Terrorism
The benefits of humanitarian crisis.
October 4, 2017
The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Spoke the Truth about the West Bank. So Why the Furious Reaction?
The Obama administration, not Ambassador Friedman, tried to upend longstanding policy.
In a recent interview with an Israeli journalist, Ambassador David Friedman stated forthrightly that “the settlements [on the West Bank] are part of Israel,” leading to an enraged reaction from the Palestinian Authority. The American media, for its part, accused Friedman of breaking with 25 years or more of U.S. policy; even the State Department rushed to distance itself from his remarks. But, writes Lee Smith, Friedman has it right:
October 4, 2017
The British Labor Party’s Anti-Semitism Bonanza, and Jews Who Provide It with Cover
In the belly of the beast.
The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Spoke the Truth about the West Bank. So Why the Furious Reaction?
The Obama administration, not Ambassador Friedman, tried to upend longstanding policy.
Conservatives Ought to Bury Hugh Hefner, Not Praise Him
He made our culture crueler and more sterile than liberalism, or feminism, or freedom of speech required.
The Last Jews of Ankara
Yom Kippur in a waning community.