Should America and the West take on Boko Haram or not. The writer has been wrestling with the question for weeks. TIME magazine helped make up her mind. Now, France--not the United States--has convened a meeting of five western African states in Paris. American, British, and other European diplomats attended what was primarily a
Many do not think of the Vatican as an independent, sovereign city-state with its own diplomatic envoy, Secretariat of State and embassies around the world. Most think of it as the home of the beloved Pope and the headquarters of the Catholic hierarchy. The Catholic Pope, both spiritual leader and head of a tiny kingdom
Outrage? That is not always the case anymore whatever the insult. We have become so passive, even here in New York, once happily famed for its abrasive citizens, that even talk of a mosque being built at the doorstep of Ground Zero hardly gets as much ink as Derek Jeter’s lapses at the plate.
The Palestinian Authority daily calls for the annihilation of the Jews and their state. The Arabs speak the truth. The “settlers”, Jews living in Judea and Samaria, have proven capable of adapting with impressive resilience to the daily gauntlet of rocks and bottles. What worries these Jews most is not the will of the
Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent remark about Israel being an “apartheid state” is just one in a series of statements he has made in the last several months that indicate that he has crossed over the line from being an “honest broker” in a dispute to being an advocate for one side. It is
The deportation of Hungarian Jewry was facilitated by the Mufti of Jerusalem. To mark the 70th anniversary of the mass deportation and murder of over 585,000 Hungarian Jews, the Israeli government decided to observe this dark chapter in Holocaust history by making it the focus of the official Holocaust Memorial Day 2014 commemoration.
Saudi Arabia was once a haven for Muslim Brotherhood leaders who fled persecution in Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Now the Saudis are pouring money into Sisi's regime in order to destroy them. When the revolt against Mubarak broke out towards the end of January 2011, it was expected that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB)
A law that will allow judges to prevent early freeing of a terrorist as part of his sentence has just passed its first hurdle at the Knesset. Min. Livni opposed it. The present situation puts Kafka to shame. I am Shelly Dadon. I was murdered only because I was Jewish. A future Israeli government
“Islam is British like grey sky” In 1215, Britain enacted the “Magna Charta Libertatum”. It is the basis of the UK legal system which protects individual rights. 800 years later, for the first time, that glorious legal system is changing face. It is now an experiment unique in the world, the hybridation of
Heading into this month’s presidential elections set for May 26 and 27, Egyptians discuss the candidate most likely to win at the polls. Retired Field Marshal, Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi -- favored by pro-democracy freedom-fighters because of his split from the former Morsi regime to carry out the will of the people and end its reign
