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U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East: "Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?"
U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East seems unaware of how U.S. power should be deployed to decrease the chances of war and to support U.S. allies. Read More
Joseph Lieberman, R.I.P.
The late Sen. Joseph Lieberman was a model of how public life should be conducted, and an important figure in American Jewish history.
The Human Rights Industry
The two largest human rights NGOs, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, dominate the field despite deep problems of bias and inadequate oversight.
Schumer 's Attack on an Ally at War
Sen. Schumer's call for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to be pushed out of office is an unprecedented attack on a democratic ally at war and would turn Israel into an American colony.
The Future of Gaza
A new proposal for the future of Gaza urges formation of an International Trust for Gaza Reconstruction.
Hamas and the "Two-State Solution"
News reports that Hamas will agree to the "two-state solution" actually show an effort to protect Hamas and improve its political standing.
Is the Path to a Palestinian State "Irreversible?"
Secretary of State Blinken's call for “a concrete, time-bound and irreversible path” to a Palestinian state presents serious dangers to Israel and to Palestinians as well.
The Two-State Delusion
The "two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a delusion that overlooks the nature of the new Palestinian state and the threat it would represent to Israeli security.
The Peace Processors Return
Despite conditions that make negotiations for a "two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impossible right now, inveterate "peace processors" keep pushing--and keep ignoring Israeli security.
U.S. Campuses and the Problem of Antisemitism
The "DEI" bureaucracies in U.S. colleges are failing to protect Jewish students from a wave of antisemitism. The right reaction is to recognize how pernicious they are, not to plead that Jewish students too are "oppressed."
What I Would Say to the Synod
The Roman Catholic Church's Synod can reassert Church leadership on human rights--or fail to do so.
