Why the Dangers of American Peacemaking May Outweigh the Merits
Better to keep shrinking the conflict than to try, and fail, again.
February 7, 2020
Muslim Leaders’ Historic Visit to Auschwitz
A tectonic shift from a cultural of Holocaust denial.
On January 23, Sheikh Mohammad al-Issa, the chairman of the influential Saudi Arabia-based Muslim World Society, led a group of Islamic clergymen on a visit to Auschwitz. The visit, writes Edy Cohen, suggests a tectonic shift in Muslim attitudes toward the Holocaust, which has often been downplayed or altogether denied. More typical is the reaction of the Lebanese journalists who filed a complaint in court about a prominent Shiite cleric from their country who joined Issa—accusing him of “contact with the Zionist enemy, contempt for the Islamic religion, and inciting war between Muslims.” Cohen explains:
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Why American Jews Are Wary of Bernie Sanders
The candidate’s approach to Israel goes “way beyond criticism.”
Muslim Leaders’ Historic Visit to Auschwitz
A tectonic shift from a cultural of Holocaust denial.
Reading the Bible with Kirk Douglas
The late actor’s rabbi reminisces.
In Israel, Ancient Date Palms Bloom Again
After vanishing for over a millennium.