Israel’s Naval Shadow War with Iran Comes Out into the Open
Stopping the smuggling of arms—and sending a message to Washington.
April 9, 2021
The U.S. Rewards Mahmoud Abbas for His Snubs
The Palestinian Authority president wouldn’t deign to take a call from the U.S. secretary of state.
One might expect that an unpopular leader facing an upcoming election and narrowing diplomatic horizons would bend over backwards to stay in the good graces of an American president who has already remitted $90 million in aid money and promised to be more favorable than his predecessor. But such laws of political gravity don’t seem to apply to the Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas, as Ruthie Blum explains:
April 9, 2021
The U.S. Rewards Mahmoud Abbas for His Snubs
The Palestinian Authority president wouldn’t deign to take a call from the U.S. secretary of state.
Unrest in Jordan Should Be a Wake-Up Call to Israel and the U.S.
A fragile, but essential kingdom.
What the Bible Means When It Speaks of Worshipping God
Prayer isn’t the same across religions.
The Man Who Coined the Term “Genocide” and His Poem about the Holocaust
The perils of forgetting—and misremembering.