Hizballah’s Recent Attempt to Down an Israeli Drone Could Easily Have Sparked a War
The powder keg on the northern border.
February 8, 2021
In His Lifetime in Public Service, George Shultz Strove for Freedom and Achieved Victory
The Episcopalian diplomat who hosted a seder.
George Shultz, who served as Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state and played an outsized role in achieving America’s victory in the cold war, died on Saturday at the age of one hundred. His long career of service to his country included storming the island of Palau with U.S. Marines in 1944, holding four cabinet positions, and advising three presidents. A model of statesmanlike integrity and diplomatic skill, Shultz—as Elliott Abrams, who served under him, recounts—put human rights at the center of the State Department’s agenda:
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By Claiming Jurisdiction over Israel, the International Criminal Court Makes a Mockery of Its Mission
Inventing a fictional country in which it can apply fictional law.
In His Lifetime in Public Service, George Shultz Strove for Freedom and Achieved Victory
The Episcopalian diplomat who hosted a seder.
The Unknown Jewish Sides of an American Generation
Steve Kogan’s Winter Vigil.
In Ancient Israel, Olives Weren’t Just for Oil
Over six millennia ago, they were being used for food too.