A Man Who Might Be Iran’s Next Supreme Leader Appears on Israel’s Border
Enemies at the gates.
February 9, 2018
The need to govern is real.
Since Islamic State (IS) has lost nearly all of its territory in Iraq and been driven from its major urban redoubts in eastern Syria, many observers have predicted it will reinvent itself as a global terrorist organization. As such, it is said, the group will focus its energy on staging attacks on civilians rather than taking and holding territory. Robin Simcox is not so sure:
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Login or SubscribeEnemies at the gates.
The need to govern is real.
The new political supersessionism.
Heroic acts of rescue alongside terrible crimes.
A 14th-century rabbinic debate on the purpose of the legal system.