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Jun 4, 2026, 10:07 PM

Israel and the Crisis of UN Credibility

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As authoritarian states gain influence within international institutions, growing questions surround the United Nations' treatment of Israel and its ability to uphold universal standards. For much of the postwar era, the United Nations has presented itself as the guardian of...

Richard H. Schwartz

Jun 4, 2026, 8:22 PM

Has Our ‘Light Unto the Nations’ Become Dim?

The Jewish people are called upon to be a holy nation, a kingdom of priests, God's witnesses, and a light unto the nations. These ideals stand at the heart of Judaism's understanding of its mission in the world. Yet...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 1, 2026, 8:03 AM

Macron’s Beaufort Blunder Reveals European Decline

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to the submarine 'Le Temeraire' (The Temerarious) at the Nuclear submarines Navy base of Ile Longue in Crozon, France, Monday March 2, 2026. (Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron declared on May 29, 2026, that “nothing justifies the Israeli strikes conducted in southern Lebanon.” He called Israel’s operations unacceptable under international law. Forty-eight hours later, the Israel Defense Forces seized Beaufort Castle and the...

May 22, 2026, 9:36 AM

The Palestine Story Re-examined

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

A Historical Deception Endures As an individual deeply invested in Israel's story, a student of history, and someone who has personally experienced life in the Middle East, I find myself perpetually astonished, though no longer surprised, by the sheer confidence...

May 21, 2026, 11:00 PM

Why Palestinian leaders keep saying no to statehood

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks as he meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, March 27, 2022, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

The roots of Palestinian rejectionism reach back far more than the establishment of the State of Israel. It has hovered at the centre of Middle Eastern politics for more than a century, been invoked in countless speeches at the...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 19, 2026, 2:13 PM

Mamdani Hates Israel. Stop Pretending Otherwise.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, and his wife Rama Duwaji wave at members of media after a news conference at Gracie Mansion, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

American Democratic Jews who consider themselves Zionists must abandon Zohran Mamdani. He advances a clear anti-Israel agenda while using a small circle of extreme-left Jewish activists as political cover. This tactic allows him to claim immunity from accusations of...

Ignat Ayzenberg

May 15, 2026, 6:46 PM

A Nakba Day Reflection on the Politics of Recognition

The power asymmetry between Israelis and Palestinians is shaped by the unequal condition of statehood and statelessness within a twentieth-century international order that increasingly organized political legitimacy through the nation-state. As older imperial, multinational, and pan-national frameworks weakened, peoples...

May 9, 2026, 9:27 AM

Beyond Sides Toward Shared Peace

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

Public discussion about the Middle East is often reduced to a false choice. People are told they must either support Israel or support civilians in Gaza and Arabs who identify as Palestinians. This framing oversimplifies a deeply complicated reality...

May 6, 2026, 9:22 AM

The Invention of “Palestine” and the AI Erasure

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

When Lies Rewrite History How is it possible that the entire world repeats a lie so confidently that it has become accepted as truth? How can people, journalists, academics, politicians, say with a straight face that “Palestine has always been...

Grant Arthur Gochin

May 5, 2026, 8:16 PM

Bring Canada’s Doctrine Home

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Ottawa exported self-determination against Israel. Now Alberta and Quebec should ask the same question. Canada recognized the State of Palestine on September 21, 2025. Ottawa thought it was making Middle East policy. It was doing more than that. It was...

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