How, asked Douglas Murray, does the West support the Hamas cult of death? Why do its universities and activists find mass murder and rape admirable? Why does the West obsess about the exact date before which it is permissible to…
This week, in continuing to muse over Douglas Murray’s newest book, On Democracies and Death Cults, I turn to something avoided by most of the media, even in Israel. The devastation wreaked on lives and societies by abuse of drugs…
A recent poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) from May 1-4, 2025, highlights the reality of Palestinian public opinion amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, now 19 months in from its start with…
Last Wednesday night, when two Israeli embassy employees were murdered outside the Jewish Museum in DC, the perpetrator told bystanders, “I did it for Gaza,” and shouted “free Palestine” as he was being arrested. The two victims were an Israeli…
I let thoughts percolate and events develop before writing each week. This week, there were so many ideas coming forward that it was at first difficult to choose. But three things came together to point me in the direction that…
As Air Force One departed the Middle East on Friday, April 16, concluding U.S. President Donald Trump’s first international tour, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) commenced “Operation Gideon’s Chariots” — a new major offensive targeting Hamas positions across the Gaza…
Carter, Biden, Reagan, Trump — and hostages. The week has started off with this from the Wall Street Journal: “Hamas Releases Last Living U.S. Hostage From Gaza.” The story reports this, bold print for emphasis supplied: “Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old…
I teach a weekly class on Zoom every Sunday morning from 11:00 a.m. PDT through 12:30 pm, and I then post it on YouTube two hours later. (As of May 2025, now at 67 episodes.) The class is a current events…
Does a “pro-Palestine” movement that incites violence and calls for the destruction of America, under the guise of championing human rights, deserve national sympathy? In response to accusations of antisemitism, members of the “liberate Palestine” movement regularly claim that they are criticizing Israel’s actions,…
