Why the Siege of Gaza Is Legal
Israel has no obligation to provide electricity to the government waging a war against it.
October 13, 2023
As the Hard Left Goes to Bat for Hamas, Some on the Hard Right Are Going Silent
“They have strong views about all the world’s affairs except dead children in Israel.”
Many of the foolish and vicious misapprehensions of Israel’s situation come from the political left—but the left has no monopoly on foolishness or vice. In a recent interview with the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy expressed outrage at Hamas’s actions, and sympathy for Israel, before quickly switching gears and arguing (with encouragement from Carlson) that congressional sympathy for the Jewish state is excessive, and ultimately the result of shadowy financial influence.
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Neither Might Nor Weakness Makes Right
The bankrupt moral presumption behind so much anti-Israel sentiment.
There Can Be No Palestinian State under the Rule of Hamas—or of the PLO
We can now see what evacuation of the West Bank would bring.
As the Hard Left Goes to Bat for Hamas, Some on the Hard Right Are Going Silent
“They have strong views about all the world’s affairs except dead children in Israel.”
The Sacred Task of Burying the Dead
“We ask for forgiveness” if a body is moved.