Iran’s Christian Boom

As a clandestine phenomenon, the practice of what are sometimes called Muslim Background Believers (MBBs). Iranian MBBs tend to be fervently pro-Israel.

Path to Victory: How Israel Can Win the Palestinian Conflict

The right policy is to convince West Bankers, Gazans, and Muslim Jerusalemites that Israel is tough and permanent and that they have lost and should give up the war on Israel. Convince them to abandon their fantasy of eliminating the Jewish state of Israel.

Disquiet about Philadelphia Airport’s “Quiet Room”

The airport in the City of Brotherly Love. Seems, one brother is the favorite.

If Trump Wants to Divide Jerusalem into Three

Many of Trump's Israeli and Zionist admirers, including Evangelicals, will be rudely shocked by his proposal and lash out further weakening the conservative movement and diminishing Trump's chances at re-election.

Annexing the West Bank Would Hurt Israel

A leading conservative American commentator on Middle Eastern affairs gives six reasons to believe that taking over Palestinian territory would harm both U.S.-Israel relations and Israel's status as the Jewish state.

Conspiracy Theories in a Time of Virus

Israelis lead in the search for a COVID-19 cure is being twisted to confirm conspiracist suspicions of Israeli profiteering.

Jerusalem, Jordan, and the Jews

How disappointing that Jordan, which wishes to be seen as responsible and moderate, publishes such twaddle.
Habayit Hayehudi Chairman Naftali Bennett speaking to reporters in Jerusalem.

On Second Thought, Maybe Israel’s Apology to Turkey was a Good Idea

Now that Israelis humiliated themselves and Erdogan is rampaging ahead, some are awakening to the fact that this apology only made matters worse.

The Leper Colony: Conservatives

This intolerance means that conservatives under the age of 45 have effectively been shut out of leading institutions

99 Percent of “Palestine Refugees” Are Fake

Denying UNRWA money does not get to the heart of the problem, which lies not in its sponsored activities but in its perpetuating and expanding population of "Palestine refugees" in three unique, even bizarre ways

The Nation of Islam Discovers Scientology

The Nation of Islam's historic role as a bridge between American blacks and Islam ended in 1975 when W. Deen Mohammed followed his father, Elijah Muhammad, as leader of the Nation and immediately disavowed his father's folk religion, bringing his followers to normative Islam, the Islam of the Middle East. From then on, despite the theatrics of Louis Farrakhan, the Nation has been in a long downward trajectory. Now comes evidence, thanks to Tony Ortega in the Village Voice and Eliza Gray in The New Republic, of a jaw-dropping turn by Farrakhan, 79, to Scientology; as Gray's subtitle puts it, "America's two weirdest sects join forces."

Tectonic Shifts in Attitudes toward Israel

Muslims show increasing indifference to the breakdown in Palestinian-Israeli diplomacy, but Leftists express growing anger over it. Thanks to a mix of Palestinian public relations expertise and continued antisemitism, the welfare of this small and powerless but fanatical population has transmogrified into the premier global issue of human rights

Can Islam Be Reformed?

History and human nature say yes.

25 years Post-Oslo: Why Israelis Shy from Victory

One day, imagine, a U.S. president tells an Israeli prime minister: “Palestinian extremism damages American security. We need you to end it by achieving victory over the Palestinians.”

Israelis Want Victory, Preferably without Paying the Price

80% of Jewish Israelis seek victory. Half that number are willing to pay the price for it.

Perceiving Academia’s Decline Already in 1971

It startles to realize that the academy's low reputation began so long ago and is not something recent.

Making Sense of Palestinian Logic

Palestinian logic boils down to blackmail: You Israelis are rich, strong, and happy, so we will make you miserable unless you give us or give us access to more money. It's weird, it's sick

Deciphering Bidenese

There is a brand-new game: decipher the rhetoric of Joe Biden, former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee for president.

Cyprus Joins the Middle East

Unlike nearby Israel, which is also surrounded, Cyprus lacks either a military option or protective fences.

A Century of African-American Islam

White racists invented the idea that accomplished black Americans are not Africans but "Moors."

Muslim Russia?

In Russia, Christians are declining by 0.6 percent a year and Muslims are increasing at the same rate, which will have dramatic effects over time

Bibi, Thank You for Your Service!

Netanyahu has been an excellent leader, but is now the focus of national dispute.

What Egypt’s President Sisi Really Thinks

Sisi:"The religious nature of the Middle East creates challenges for the governing authorities."

Lessons from the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List

Muslims make up 30 out of 31 most wanted terrorists, or about 97 percent of them.

Muslim Acts of Beheading in the West

Other characteristically Muslim crimes taking place in Western countries include honor killings, female genital mutilation, and slave holding.

Israel and the Temple Mount’s Five Muslim Rivals

Five Muslim parties are mainly engaged in this intricate, consequential struggle for the Temple Mount: the Palestinian Authority, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Turkey, and the Kingdom of Morocco. Each has distinctive strengths and goals.

What Would Ben-Gurion Do?

Ben Gurion would reject paying a probably massive price for self-indulgent symbolism.

Obama Turns on Israel

Israeli responses have been stark, blunt unlike anything in memory.

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