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Apr 15, 2026, 10:03 PM

Gulf States and Europe – Same Mistake Before WWII

Messerschmitt Bf109. Heinkel He 111. Junkers Ju 88. Junkers Stuka. These names are lost to history, except for military scholars of Second World War aviation armaments. Despite them seeming outdated, the development and production of German warplanes bear a...

Jun 5, 2025, 9:39 AM

February 20th Sealed Gaza’s Fate

Some dates that change the trajectory of the world are definitive. June 28th, the day Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, and WWI followed soon after. December 7th, 1941, the day Pearl Harbor was attacked, and WWII began. Sometimes a day changes...

Mar 10, 2025, 3:47 PM

Only a Palestinian Gandhi can save them

I have spent the last two weeks in Israel, my 20th trip over 60 years. The country has changed. The trauma of the Hamas attack of 10/7 is ongoing and hostages are still in barbaric captivity. From merchants to...

Jul 11, 2024, 9:30 PM

Will American Muslims bring on their own Nakba?

“I would say no presidential candidate has earned my vote.” Abdullah Hammoud Dearborn’s Muslim mayor was quoted by AFP news the other day. The possibility is real. The Nakba, or Arabic for “catastrophe,” refers to the loss of land in...

Feb 16, 2024, 6:51 PM

The Collective Trauma of Oct 7th

The killing field of Re’im in Israel’s Negev, where the Nova music rave massacre happened, is now open for public viewing. Tour buses of foreign visitors, Israeli soldiers, and police, friends and relatives of the dead as well as...

Nov 8, 2023, 1:35 AM

What if Native Americans came for the academic colonial settlers

I have a thought experiment for the Ivy Leaguers. One that may be unsettling so I am giving notice of trigger warnings to those sensitive to murder, rape, mutilation, and kidnapping. The Lenape were the original inhabitants of much of...

Oct 31, 2023, 11:53 PM

Jesus is about to save Israel, Ukraine, & Taiwan

How? He is going to use Mike Johnson, the newly elected Speaker of the House, as his servant. Speaker Johnson makes no apologies for his Christian views. They frame both his inner life and his political one. He is...

Oct 16, 2023, 7:17 PM

We’re about to learn the meaning of ‘Never Again’

Now 72 years old, the Holocaust was before my time. But not so much that it was not present in my life. People talked about it, photos were widely available, German cars were boycotted, and I vividly remember seeing...

Apr 18, 2023, 9:11 PM

European Historical Uses of Decapitation

I write this from the heart of the Bloodlands. The Polish/Ukrainian border where lovely fertile fields of dark earth are the burial grounds of so many -- Poles, Ukrainians, Germans, and Jews. The 20th century’s two most prominent madmen...

Nov 30, 2022, 8:50 PM

Bring back the Mandate?

Dear Reader, please read the below with the knowledge that today, 11/30, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has a story that the Israeli army (IDF) is warning the new government that it may not be able to control the growing...

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About Me

Jonathan Russo has been observing Israel and its policies since he first visited in 1966. He is a businessman in New York City.