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April 13, 2017

Islamic State Tries to Bring Sectarian Conflict to Egypt

By slaughtering Copts.

Last Sunday, Islamic State (IS) attacked two Coptic churches in Egypt, killing at least 44 worshipers gathered for holiday prayers. The attacks followed December’s deadly suicide bombing of another church. To Mokhtar Awad, the Egyptian branch of IS is attempting to move its insurgency from the Northern Sinai—where it has killed hundreds of Egyptian soldiers, and earlier this week launched a rocket at Israel—into Egypt proper.

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April 13, 2017

  1. In Moderation, West Bank Construction Can Help Solve the Israel-Palestinian Conflict

    What the renewed understanding on settlements achieves.

  2. The Right Way to Push Back against Iran

    Human rights could be the key.

  3. Islamic State Tries to Bring Sectarian Conflict to Egypt

    By slaughtering Copts.

  4. How Tu B’Shvat Came to Be Politicized and Why It Shouldn’t Be

    The other seder was never supposed to be about environmental activism.

  5. The Secret Jews of the Age of Exploration

    For them, religion was about more than the individual.