Negotiating with Terrorists Can Be Good Policy—but Only after They Have Been Defeated
Jared Kushner has set a dangerous precedent.
August 28, 2026
The Venezuelan Marxist Who Created Modern Terrorism
Carlos the Jackal and the Palestinian cause.
The idea that America shouldn’t negotiate with terrorists solidified during the 1970s, when terrorism as we know it today emerged as a global phenomenon. Then major terrorist attacks were more likely to be committed by extreme leftists than by Islamic radicals, but those perpetrators were more often than not associated with the Palestinian national movement. It was in this milieu that the man known as “Carlos the Jackal”—he took the name from a popular paperback thriller—came on the stage. Clifford Krauss reviews a new biography of this monstrous figure, born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, by Joby Warrick:
August 28, 2026
The Venezuelan Marxist Who Created Modern Terrorism
Carlos the Jackal and the Palestinian cause.
The Death of Christian Zionism Is Greatly Exaggerated
For the movement to endure, it must adjust to new theological trends.
The Nazi Plan to Keep Berlin Jews Healthy before Murdering Them
The Jewish Hospital.
The 20th-Century Cantor Who Wrote the “Ancient” Melody for the Grace after Meals
Meet Moshe Nathanson.