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Something rubs me the wrong way when I hear yet another well-meaning government official or other representative talk about how they support yet another Holocaust museum or memorial. How they really regret what the…

How a 19th-century phantom planet explains a 21st-century antisemitic reflex. Inspired by The Arc of a Covenant by Walter Russell Mead

In the mid-1800s, astronomers faced a stubborn puzzle: Mercury’s orbit didn’t behave exactly as…

“For  Islam to recover, it must undergo a “war of interpretations” to neutralize literalist readings and move toward a “post-Islamic, post-religious” space similar to the historical trajectories of Christianity…

On October 10 of this year, President Trump accomplished what seemed to most leaders and pundits, an impossible mission: to bring Hamas and Israel to a ceasefire after a long two-year war which ran the risk of continuing indefinitely as is…

Strategically, Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is not symbolic; it is a move timed to a war map—and to an emerging realignment.

Historically, Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 as the Somali state collapsed into militia rule and…

Redemption in sight?

Extremist-Islamist Antisemitism in the Jewish Diaspora certainly riles up and, for the eye, legitimizes autochthonal, elitist, extreme-left-wing and extreme-right-wing Jew-hatred. While the Muslim majority uses its…

October 7, 2023 was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. In its aftermath, however, Jews were targeted not only in Israel. Almost immediately, a global surge in antisemitic incidents unfolded far beyond the Middle East. According…

On Friday, Israel became the first country to recognize Somaliland as an independent country since the unification of Somalia and Somaliland in the 1960s. This comes after several months of secret meetings between Israeli and Somaliland…

While Western attention is often focused on Iran’s nuclear negotiations, sanctions, and military maneuvers, Tehran is advancing on a less visible but increasingly relevant front: parliamentary diplomacy. Recent high-level meetings with the…

Yad Vashem’s institutional narrative is systematically distorting Poland’s historical image, triggering a strategic crisis in Polish-Israeli relations. According to the 2024 HU-EF Barometer, this shift has led to a shocking reality: 54%…