Why Iraqis Reject the Palestinian Cause
When they think of Islam, they think of Baghdad, not Jerusalem.
September 30, 2021
Why Iraqis Reject the Palestinian Cause
When they think of Islam, they think of Baghdad, not Jerusalem.
In northern Iraq last week, some 300 tribal leaders, politicians, and other notables—among them both Sunnis and Shiites—gathered to call for peace with Israel. The government swiftly responded by moving to arrest all the attendees, while Iran-backed militias threatened them with violence. Hussain Abdul-Hussain sets the event against the backdrop of Saddam Hussein’s longstanding support for Palestinian terrorism, and Palestinian leaders’ support for him:
September 30, 2021
The Activists Who Raise Havoc over the Cultural Appropriation of a Taco Ignore or Justify Anti-Semitic Violence
Everybody hates the Jews.
How the Syrian Government Kept Islamic State in Business
Not fighting terror, but supporting it.
Remembering Hannah Senesh, the Poet-Paratrooper Who Died for Her People
The soul of man is the candle of God.
Chaim Grade’s Tale of a Chained Woman Illuminates Pious Jews as Real People
The dramas of Vilna in the 1920s are not so far removed from the dramas an Orthodox rabbi’s wife sees playing out in the 2020s.