Archaeology, the City of David, and the Future of Jerusalem
The only way to protect Jerusalem’s heritage is to ensure that it remains under undivided Israeli authority.
April 15, 2019
How and Why Hamas Founded CAIR
Couching its rhetoric in slogans like “social justice,” “due process,” and “resistance.”
Controversy broke out last week concerning remarks Congresswoman Ilhan Omar made at a gathering of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Last week also marked the fifth anniversary since CAIR—widely regarded by American journalists and politicians as a legitimate representative of U.S. Muslims—successfully pressured Brandeis University into canceling its plans to grant an honorary degree to the apostate Muslim and women’s-rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. At the time, Andrew McCarthy responded with an updated version of a chapter from his 2010 book, in which he explained how Hamas operatives created CAIR.
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How and Why Hamas Founded CAIR
Couching its rhetoric in slogans like “social justice,” “due process,” and “resistance.”
How Much of a Difference Do Individual Leaders Make in Middle Eastern History?
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German Intellectuals’ Dangerous Choice of Athens over Jerusalem
Worshipping the Greeks at the expense of the Jews.
How Train Cars Filled with Matzah Made it to the Soviet Union in 1929
Thanks to a small group of dedicated rabbis.