Erdogan vs. the free press
The takeover of Turkey’s largest independent media group by an Erdoğan crony was not unexpected, given the troubles and systematic state harassment suffered by the Dogan Media Company in the past decade.
Now the opposition...
International Law and WMD Attacks on Israel
In the years ahead, Israel could face the growing prospect of WMD terrorism, i.e., attacks involving chemical, biological, or even nuclear weapons. In this context, it is vital that Israeli officials do their utmost...
‘Anti-Zionist and Jew:’ Behind Jeremy Corbyn’s apology
“I refuse to characterize as opinion,” wrote Jean-Paul Sartre in Anti-Semite and Jew, “a doctrine that is aimed directly at particular persons and that seeks to suppress their rights or to exterminate them.”
This was the...
Middle East braces for a tense May
The coming month of May looks set to contain an unusual number of potential escalation points that could converge to create a highly explosive month.
The Israeli defense establishment is dealing with several pending potential...
A 1938 Nazi Law Forced Jews to Register Their Wealth—Making It Easier to Steal
The new law came mere weeks after the Anschluss, Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria. On April 26, 1938, the “Decree for the Reporting of Jewish-Owned Property” issued by Hitler’s government took effect, requiring all Jews...
Herman (‘Hank’) Greenspun (1909–1989)
Herman (“Hank”) Greenspun, born in 1909 in Brooklyn, N.Y., initially followed a common path for young Jews at the time. The son of Jewish immigrants, he earned a law degree in 1934 and joined...
Are the Europeans stalling, trying to bait Trump in keeping the nuclear deal alive?
Aside from North Korea, no other foreign-policy challenge right now looms larger for U.S. President Donald Trump than the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Trump hosted French President Emmanuel Macron this week at the White House...
Well-meaning American Jews are helping import anti-Semitism
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has finally woken up and smelled the coffee.
Speaking after a 19-year-old Syrian refugee lunged with a belt at an Israeli wearing a kipah, Merkel denounced a “different type of anti-Semitism” that...
Daniel Inouye (1924–2012)
A Democratic senator from Hawaii, Daniel Inouye was a staggeringly brave man. He served as a medical volunteer when Pearl Harbor was attacked, but it wasn’t until 1943 that the United States permitted military...
Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926–2006)
A recent article by historian Peter Collier about Jeane Kirkpatrick was titled, “When Israel Had a Champion at the U.N.,” aptly describing Ronald Reagan’s first U.N. ambassador and the first American woman to serve...