In Praise of John McCain—from One Former Prisoner to Another
The prisoner of Zion remembers his first meeting with the senator.
August 28, 2018
America Shouldn’t Reward Bashar al-Assad’s Brutality with Financial and Diplomatic Support
A reply to Jimmy Carter.
In a recent essay in the New York Times, the former president Jimmy Carter urged the U.S. and its European allies to accept the Assad regime’s victory in Syria, begin reopening embassies and restoring diplomatic relations, and devote resources to the country’s “reconstruction.” Washington, Carter adds, should also begin the withdrawal of its troops so that the Syrian dictator can more easily restore his control over the rest of the country. To Frederic Hof, these suggestions are both imprudent and repugnant:
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Sidelining Abbas and Defunding UNRWA Are the Best Ways Forward for Israel and the U.S.
It’s time for the Israeli defense establishment to change its tune.
America Shouldn’t Reward Bashar al-Assad’s Brutality with Financial and Diplomatic Support
A reply to Jimmy Carter.
A New History of Judaism and Its Lessons for Today’s Intra-Jewish Conflicts
Told with “just the right amount of razzle-dazzle.”
“Operation Finale” Tells the Story of Eichmann’s Capture without Political Pieties or Banal Moralizing
It also gets right what Hannah Arendt got wrong.