Manchester and Melbourne sit on opposite ends of the globe, but for their Jewish communities, they have begun to feel like the same place. The same fear. The same silence. The same antisemitism rising, unchallenged, and emboldened.
Since the…

Manchester and Melbourne sit on opposite ends of the globe, but for their Jewish communities, they have begun to feel like the same place. The same fear. The same silence. The same antisemitism rising, unchallenged, and emboldened.
Since the…

Hamas’s decision to accept parts of Donald Trump’s Gaza Plan is perhaps one of the most surprising developments in the long and tragic history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. After years of rejecting every peace initiative coming…

What we are witnessing is not merely a military siege—it is the symbolic death of an ideological nebula. Islamism, once animated by the mythos of eternal…

You can find my letter to the editor of the New York Times in response to an op-ed by Benny Gantz at the link below, and a longer version of my response follows after that…

Imagine yourself sitting at the holiday table on Sukkot eve. The candles are lit, familiar scents of cooking fill the air, family gathers around the table. Smiles decorate the faces, everything seems perfect.
But while everyone is happy and…

The rise in antisemitism across the United States is unmistakable. Our esteemed institutions of higher learning are now serving as ground zero amid an alarming trend of intolerance and hostility towards Jewish students. As anti-Jewish and…

Japanese politics is often described as a codified universe, dominated by party rites, faction balances and a form of institutional continuity that contrasts with the electoral volatility observed in Europe or the United States. Since the…

There has been a wave of heartfelt sympathy directed towards the British Jewish community following the latest terrorist incident at a Manchester synagogue involving a murderous attack on worshippers by a hate-fuelled Jihadi fanatic….

From Manchester to D.C. to Boulder — and from the UN to the BBC — the very institutions built to prevent another Holocaust are repeating the moral collapse that once enabled it.
If you ever wondered what 1938 felt like, look around.
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I had the opportunity to visit the headquarters of the PUK Media Board in Sulaymaniyah during my visit to Iraqi Kurdistan in December last year. Due to my visit, I was able to acquire additional information regarding Jalal Talabani, the…