When Evil Regimes Threaten to Do Evil Things, Believe Them
That goes for Iran and China, as well as Russia.
March 21, 2022
The U.S. Envoy to Israel Prefers Scolding to Diplomacy
Thomas Nides talks to Peace Now.
Last week, Thomas Nides, the American ambassador to Jerusalem, participated in an online discussion hosted by Americans for Peace Now—a self-styled “progressive Zionist” group whose primary goal is creating a Palestinian state and preventing Israeli Jews from living in the wrong places. Its official position, apparently shared by Nides, is that U.S. pressure on both sides is necessary to achieve peace. Jonathan Tobin comments on the proceedings:
March 21, 2022
The U.S. Envoy to Israel Prefers Scolding to Diplomacy
Thomas Nides talks to Peace Now.
U.S. Appeasement of Iran Has Opened the Door to a Sino-Saudi Attack on the Dollar
A possible deal to trade oil in yuan.
Turkey Returns an Ancient Jerusalem Artifact to Israel
The Siloam inscription.
“The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” Is Now an Opera
A tale of the Italian Holocaust—and an appreciation for liberty.