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Sep 30, 2026, 12:05 AM

The Blindness of the West: When We Look with Only One Eye

Ireland, 1939 and Ireland, 2026. Two photographs separated by 87 years and by two completely different historical contexts. They do not prove that the situations are equivalent. But placed together, they leave an uncomfortable question: what do we choose...

Sep 25, 2026, 5:16 PM

The 736 Days That Disappeared From the Gaza Narrative

The 736 Days That Disappeared From the Gaza Narrative Seven hundred and thirty-six days. That is how long the last living hostages kidnapped on October 7, 2023 spent in captivity. Two years and six days. By the time they finally came...

Sep 23, 2026, 7:16 PM

Did Europe Really Learn to Live in Peace, or Did America Keep the Peace?

Did Europe Learn to Live in Peace? There is something extraordinary about Europe that we hardly notice anymore. For more than eighty years, France and Germany have not fought each other. Neither have Germany and Poland, France and Britain, or...

Sep 15, 2026, 1:49 PM

The Truth and the Lies About Islam in Europe

Fear Deserves an Answer Too There is a very convenient way to discuss immigration in Europe: divide society into the reasonable and the frightened. On one side are those who know the data, understand demographics and know that Europe is...

Sep 14, 2026, 7:28 PM

When the facts are true, but the story may not be

During a stay in Turkey, I found myself doing something I normally don’t do when I travel: watching quite a lot of local television. Not because I understood Turkish. Quite the opposite. Whenever a news item caught my attention, I...

Sep 13, 2026, 9:25 PM

Three Alliances, One Winner: Erdoğan

Three Alliances, One Winner: Erdoğan The real winner of the Mecca defense pact may not be Saudi Arabia or Pakistan. It may be Turkey — the only country with a seat in the new regional architecture and in NATO at...

Sep 8, 2026, 6:03 PM

Does This Road Lead to Another Führer?

VENI, VIDI… DID I UNDERSTAND? Does This Road Lead to Another Führer? There are numbers that force us to ask uncomfortable questions. In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD has just won 43.8 percent of the vote. We are no longer talking about a...

Sep 3, 2026, 6:21 PM

How Many Jews Does It Take to Settle an Antisemitism Charge?

This article began, somewhat unexpectedly, with my morning reading of the Argentine newspaper La Nación. A headline caught my attention: “Mark Ruffalo received the support of more than 180 Jewish figures after being accused of antisemitism.” I read the article, but...

Aug 16, 2026, 2:37 PM

Why Does Israel Still Have to Justify Its Existence?

VENI, VIDI… DID I UNDERSTAND? There is a question about Israel that seems to be asked more and more often, especially by younger people: Why should there be a Jewish state at all? People are free to ask it. What I...

Aug 10, 2026, 6:22 PM

Chapter VII and Epilogue: Raising children in an incubator of hatred

Chapter VII This is, perhaps, the most important question in this entire essay. If incubators of hatred can be built, then they should also be capable of being dismantled. The most immediate temptation is to believe that destroying the organization that operates...

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Nestor Daniel Scherman is originally from Argentina and currently lives in Germany. He is interested in political, historical, and ethical topics, with a focus on global issues and critical analysis.