How Syria Waited Out Its Crisis and Lost Its Pariah Status
For Bashar al-Assad, mass-murder and support for terrorism paid off.
December 17, 2021
When the U.S. Tried to Keep Vichy France in Its Backyard
FDR asked De Gaulle to return two North American islands.
While France gave up most of its once-expansive North American holdings in the 18th and 19th centuries, it has retained two small islands off the coast of Newfoundland, not very far from Maine. These islands were the subject of a bizarre and troubling episode in World War II history, which took place shortly after the U.S. declared war on Germany. Rafael Medoff writes:
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In Conceding Defeat, Yohanan ben Zakkai Paved the Way for the Restoration of Jewish Sovereignty
Returning Yavneh to the Zionist story.
The Fate of Saudi Arabia in a Changing Middle East
Pivoting away from the region only helps China.
When the U.S. Tried to Keep Vichy France in Its Backyard
FDR asked De Gaulle to return two North American islands.
The Recurring Patterns of Biblical, and Jewish, History
“Our father Jacob never dies.”