Enemies fighting Israel on other battlefields
For the moment, Hamas and Islamic Jihad have stopped shooting rockets at Israelis and, in response, Israelis have stopped targeting weapons arsenals in Gaza. Published June 1, 2021
For the moment, Hamas and Islamic Jihad have stopped shooting rockets at Israelis and, in response, Israelis have stopped targeting weapons arsenals in Gaza. Published June 1, 2021
In the 1930s, the Nazis declared: "The Jews do not deserve to live!" They acted on this conviction, and by the mid-1940s six million Jews had been murdered. Published May 25, 2021
Iran's rulers fund, arm and instruct Hamas, which rules Gaza, and has fired more than 3,000 rockets at Israeli cities and villages over recent days. Published May 18, 2021
Paris is known as the City of Light, and Beirut used to be known as the Paris of the Middle East. So, there is irony as well as tragedy in the likelihood that Beirut will soon be plunged into darkness. Published May 11, 2021
Anti-Semitism may be the world's oldest hatred but it's still a long way from death's door. Published May 4, 2021
We worry about the Middle East. We pivot toward Asia. As for Latin America, we at least pay attention to Venezuela, Cuba and the countries from which emigrants are streaming north. Published April 27, 2021
If the Taliban were not teetotalers, they'd be shopping for champagne about now in response to President Biden's decision to unconditionally withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021. Published April 20, 2021
President Obama gave without getting, and then postured as though he'd achieved spectacular victories. President Biden is now doing likewise. Published April 13, 2021
In this already stormy century, freedom has many powerful enemies, and few powerful defenders. Published April 6, 2021
China's Communist rulers are making clear that they intend to wrest the torch of global leadership from America's hands. Published March 30, 2021
"Ayman" was a skilled Syrian scientist producing chemical weapons at Institute 3000, a facility within the deceptively named Scientific Studies and Research Center near Damascus. Published March 23, 2021
What holds a nation together? In some cases, it's blood, soil and language (think Japan). In some cases, it's a police state (think Iran). Published March 2, 2021
We all disapprove of appeasement, right? The term evokes Munich, where British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made concessions to Adolf Hitler in the hope that would sate, rather than whet, the fuhrer's appetite for conquest. Published February 23, 2021
I understand why Joe Biden wants to rejoin the World Health Organization and the United Nations Human Rights Council. The new president is a multilateralist. Published February 16, 2021
"Killing for them is a habit," Rasha al-Ameer told reporters last week. Published February 9, 2021
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is meant to serve two purposes: to memorialize the victims of the Nazi genocide of the 1940s, and help prevent future genocides. Published February 2, 2021
Attacks intended to shut down financial systems, electricity, water supplies, transportation, communications -- perhaps even the entire U.S. economy could happen. What's the plan? Published January 26, 2021
Tehran sponsors Hezbollah in Lebanon, Syria and other countries, Shia militias in Iraq, Houthi rebels in Yemen, and Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza. Published January 19, 2021
What a marvelous time to be America's enemy! Despots, dictators and other assorted villains are gloating. Published January 12, 2021
The challenges facing what we used to call, with pride and confidence, the Free World are daunting. Illiberal authoritarians of various stripes are increasingly assertive and audacious. Published January 5, 2021