Daily Archives: November 18, 2021
Israeli couple jailed in Turkey on suspicion of espionage return to Israel
The Israeli couple detained in Turkey last week on suspicion of espionage touched down in Israel early Thursday morning, after being freed from jail in Istanbul. The couple, Natalie and Mordy Oknin, returned to...
100-plus House Republicans introduce bill to block reopening of US consulate
More than 100 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to block the Biden administration’s efforts to reopen the U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem.
The bill, known...
Israeli conviction of Spanish citizen in terror-funding case could be ‘game-changer,’ say observers
A Spanish citizen who admitted to raising funds for a Palestinian NGO that were diverted to a terrorist organization agreed to a plea bargain on Nov. 10 in an Israeli military court. Observers say...
Counter-Terrorism, Martyrdom and the ‘Hunger of Immortality’
“Nothing is real that is not eternal.”
Miguel de Unamuno, Tragic Sense of Life (1921)
Though inconspicuous and easily misunderstood, there is no conceivably greater power in world politics than power over death. On its face, this preeminent form of...
The Iliad is an army of warlike miracles disguised as men who sing...
The philosophy of Immanuel Kant is useful to knit literary readings. With some Kantian principles and without ancient erudition we have attained hermeneutic conclusions on Homer, conclusions which coincide with the Homeric opinions of...