Iran’s Hostage Diplomacy
“A business model,” and a successful one.
August 14, 2025
If Israel Isn’t Guilty of a Crime, the Law Must Be Changed
International organizations shred their credibility to point the finger at the Jewish state.
In 2024, Shany Mor explained how the normal vocabulary of international relations—words like “occupation,” “proportionality,” and so forth—takes on entirely different meanings when applied to Israel. But more recently, an even more shameless phenomenon has emerged: terms are being given new definitions so that they can be applied to Israel. Thus the IPC, a UN-affiliated international organization tasked with monitoring famine and food shortages, has changed its metrics so that it can declare that there is a famine in Gaza. Seth Mandel observes:
August 14, 2025
To Maintain Its Status as a Problem Solver, Qatar Ensures Problems Continue
How an exporter of terror became an indispensable mediator.
If Israel Isn’t Guilty of a Crime, the Law Must Be Changed
International organizations shred their credibility to point the finger at the Jewish state.
Building a New Jewish Community in Sparta, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountain Jews.
Moses and David Led the Jewish People in Very Different Ways
Faith versus self-reliance.