Persuasion, Not Coercion, Is the Way to Get European Support for Sanctions on Iran
Publicize Iranian violations of international law.
June 20, 2018
In the Ancient City of Gamla, a Synagogue That Predates the Destruction of the Second Temple
And the site of a heroic fight against the Romans.
Located in the Golan Heights, Gamla is described in great detail by the historian Josephus, and Israeli archaeologist discovered its ruins following the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The city’s Jews had made a valiant stand against the Romans in 67 CE—as evidenced by the dozens of arrowheads and projectiles from that period that litter the soil—but eventually its walls were breached. As Ticia Verveer writes, Gamla was also home to an ancient synagogue.
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Standing with the North Korean People Will Advance America’s Interests
A lesson from the experience of Soviet dissidents.
Lessons for Syria from the Man Who Taught the Haganah
Orde Wingate’s counterinsurgency rules.
Bad Reasons for Publishing Céline’s Anti-Semitic Screeds
A great novelist, and Nazi sympathizer.
In the Ancient City of Gamla, a Synagogue That Predates the Destruction of the Second Temple
And the site of a heroic fight against the Romans.