Elias Rodriguez is the newest face of antisemitic venom, joining a long list of extremists hostile to Jews. On May 21, outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., he fatally shot Yaron Lischinsky, a 30-year-old Israeli, and his fiancé, Sarah Milgrim, 26, an American from Kansas. Employed by Israel’s embassy, they had just attended […]
Last June, in a long overdue verdict, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the exemption haredi yeshiva students have enjoyed from compulsory military service since statehood is legally invalid. Although there are currently about 80,000 ultra-Orthodox males between the ages of 18 to 24 who are eligible for recruitment, the armed forces exercised restraint recently and […]
Israel’s just and necessary war in the Gaza Strip has aroused criticism from even some of its friends. The high Palestinian death toll, plus the humanitarian crisis brought on by Israel’s current offensive to ensure that Hamas’ military and governing capabilities are destroyed, have produced stark photographs and videos that have tarnished its image. Foreign […]
The Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election on April 28. Judging by the profusion of Liberal campaign placards planted on the lawns of homes in the mid-town district of Toronto-St. Paul’s, the Liberals were heading for a fourth consecutive victory. St. Paul’s, where I live, is a bellwether constituency whose neighborhoods range from upper-class Forest […]
Donald Trump, in a geopolitical betrayal of seismic proportions, appears to have switched sides in the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war. Until Trump’s return as president on January 20, the United States backed Ukraine unequivocally. Joe Biden, Trump’s predecessor, condemned Russia’s brazen invasion of Ukraine in the winter of 2022. He provided Ukraine with economic and political […]
Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempt to fire Ronen Bar, the director of the Shin Bet internal intelligence agency, discredits the Israeli prime minister, leaving him open to legitimate concerns that he values political survival more than democracy and the rule of law. At the behest of Netanyahu, the cabinet voted on March 20 to dismiss Bar, a […]
Donald Trump’s ideologically-driven administration has taken aim at elite American universities in what is shaping up to be a concerted campaign to transform higher education in the United States. The ramifications of his policy may be felt for decades if he succeeds. He and his supporters in the “Make America Great Again” wing of the […]
McGill University has finally cracked down on Palestinian students and their supporters who create chaos on campus. Earlier this month, the Montreal university terminated its contractual relationship with the Students’ Society of McGill (SSMU) following a three-day anti-Israel strike that led to vandalism and a disruption of classes. On April 11, McGill went one step […]
Israel has never been as internally divided as it is today. The divisions that are tearing Israel apart could, in the worst-case scenario, lead to something approaching a civil war. The current tensions have been compared to the disastrous conflicts that preceded the Roman conquest of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Second Temple in […]
Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist at Columbia University in New York City, has caused a furor and ignited a controversy. His case has triggered an impassioned debate about the limits of free speech and the boundaries of political activism. A 30-year-old Algerian national, a permanent resident of the United States, and a recent graduate of […]