The Holocaust, the Fiction of International Law, and the Necessity of a Self-Reliant Israel
“A moral code upheld by a narrow elite whose sense of self seems unaffected by half a million dead Syrians.”
November 29, 2018
The Vulgar Marxism of Middle East Analysts
Man does not live on bread alone.
If economic growth and development can take hold in the Middle East—goes an argument heard often from policymakers, pundits, and even casual observers—the region’s problems will evaporate. To Steven A. Cook, this argument is simply a variation of Karl Marx’s belief that there is “an underlying economic cause for every political phenomenon.” Cook notes that the Egyptian protestors who began the 2011 uprising did not simply demand bread, but “bread, freedom, and social justice”:
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Hizballah Is Trying to Take Over the Lebanese Economy
The next step in turning Lebanon into Hizballah and Hizballah into Lebanon.
The Vulgar Marxism of Middle East Analysts
Man does not live on bread alone.
The American Press’s Predictable Indifference to the Anti-Semitic Attack in Los Angeles
Some attacks on Jews are not like others.
Theodor Herzl’s “The Menorah” and the Connection between Jewish Nationalism and Jewish Faith
For Herzl, Zionism was not merely about providing an escape from anti-Semitism.