The news of the four Israeli hostages rescued last week in Gaza resurrected latent hopes across Israel amid weeks of increased attacks by Hezbollah along the northern border and a rising Israel Defense Force (IDF) death toll in Gaza. The…
With America focused completely on Trump’s conviction under the stealth version of the 1798 Sedition Act, the Obama-led whizzes in charge of our foreign policy let Old Joe read out a grand new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire. Obama’s fingerprints…
America’s attention is entirely focused on the criminal conviction of Donald Trump by a New York court. Yes, it’s enormously important and a travesty that stains the American justice system. But there is a lot going on that demands our…
It seems to strange to talk about laws of war. As William T. Sherman declared, war is hell. On the other hand, the story of the misuse of law reaches into antiquity as well. And as we see today, distorted…
This is the lede from Euro News in Brussels just five days after the Hamas committed its atrocities against the people of and guests within the Jewish state: October 12, 2023 – Israel has the right to defend itself, but…
My sister and I differ on many counts. But my sister came up with the smartest succinct comment about humanity I have ever heard about 25 years ago. We were talking about the Nazis and the Imperial Japanese and about…
The old joke has it that “if you can remember the 60s, you weren’t really there.” Maybe because I was never into drugs, I remember them all too well. And, despite the unquestionably cool music, I don’t remember them particularly…
Recently the Biden administration elevated humanitarian aid to Gaza as a foreign policy priority amidst ongoing negotiations for hostages and an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire. The talking point of aid to Gaza is nothing new; international outcry from Israel’s adversaries, UNWRA, Amnesty…
Holocaust Day was marked by solemn remembrances in Israel and in Jewish communities around the world. It was marked in the U.S., as has been customary, by a presidential address, where Biden said nothing that would garner more than perfunctory…
