While Europe has convinced itself it always was and always would be the “pet child” of its American caretaker, because: Let me expand on European values. In Germany and the Netherlands, th...
“What’s going on?” We crave a simple narrative, a clear trajectory that allows us to grasp the present and confidently predict tomorrow’s headlines. Wouldn’t that be comf...
The World’s Failure to Accept Jewish Refugees (1933-1941) Until 1941, the Nazi regime sought to make Germany’s Jewish population emigrate rather than kill them – the systematic exter...
The Haavara Agreement (1933-1939) Up until 1941, the Nazi regime sought to make Germany’s Jewish population emigrate rather than kill them – the systematic extermination would come later. ...
The Forgotten Refuge: Jewish Life in the Middle East vs. Europe’s Legacy of Persecution A Stark Historical Contrast For over a thousand years, Jewish communities in the Middle East lived under I...
The conflation of antizionism with antisemitism is a contentious and often misleading political tactic used to silence criticism of Israel’s policies and actions. While antisemitism is a form of...
In a move that underscores the dramatic realignment of Middle Eastern alliances, Israel has quietly urged the U.S. to allow Russian military bases to remain in Syria. Behind this unorthodox request li...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was born from the ashes of history’s worst atrocities. After the Nuremberg Trials judged Nazi war criminals, and following the Yugoslavia and Rw...
Europe and the West often look down on the Middle East, viewing it through a lens of stereotypes and misconceptions. To many in the West, the region is seen as backward, plagued by violence, and domin...
Has anyone else thought of Rearden’s wife while observing European politicians bashing Donald Trump? I remember Rearden’s wife in Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged to belittle individual merit and...
