A collection of 53 posts
A medievalist on apocalyptic movements, shame–honour cultures, and why he believes the Western press has spent twenty-five years reporting jihad backwards.
By framing terrorism and armed struggle as legitimate resistance, the pro-Palestine movement has unwittingly strengthened Israel’s case that withdrawal and concessions carry unacceptable risks.
What remains of a person, an institution, or a civilisation that dishonours itself when Jews and Israel become the targets of hatred and violence?
Creating NGOs that misuse the language of human rights is an effective strategy for advancing terrorist goals.
Investigating abuse is a duty. Laundering propaganda is not.
The extraordinary career of Oxford historian Avi Shlaim.
Decolonisation theory operates as a rigid, Manichaean ideology that neatly divides the world into evil perpetrators and innocent victims.
Israel and the United States have already done much to dismantle the Axis of Resistance, but the broader network supported by Iran remains most active in Western Europe.
The UN Rapporteur’s latest report channels a single-minded contempt for the Jewish state.
Obama veterans never understood the Middle East, and they never will.
Fragile ceasefires are holding for now, but the volatile region may be headed for another explosion next year.
Shadi Hamid has an uneasy conscience, and he doesn’t yet know what to do with it.
Doha can change when it is forced to, and it must be forced to choose moderation.
Netanel Flamer’s book about Hamas’s intelligence war on Israel could be read with equal interest by members of Western security forces, and by members of the very groups against which they struggle.
The Jewish state has secured its borders, recovered all living hostages, and put its enemies on notice as to what awaits them if they attempt a reprise of 7 October.