Iran Brings Its War on Israel and the U.S. to the High Seas
Only an American show of force can get it to change course.
December 5, 2023
What Makes Hamas Tick, and Why Israel Fails to Understand It
The terrorists make no distinctions among social, military, and political activity.
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, I remember constant admonitions to try harder to “understand” al-Qaeda. While these admonitions usually came from Osama bin Laden’s apologists, this does not mean they were wrong. A better understanding of the jihadists might have helped to prevent the attacks, or to improve American responses. The same is true regarding Hamas, which, Michael Milstein explains, Israel seriously misread in the months before October 7:
December 5, 2023
What Makes Hamas Tick, and Why Israel Fails to Understand It
The terrorists make no distinctions among social, military, and political activity.
Hamas Is Losing in Gaza, and Winning in the West
The red-green alliance.
Finding the Human Face behind Rabbinic Texts
An antidote to today’s censorious way of reading.
The Complicated Case of a Reluctant Nazi
Karl Gönner started out as a committed party member. Later he saved the lives of Frenchmen.