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Richard H. Schwartz

Oct 7, 2026, 11:20 AM

Commanders for Israel’s Security: Why Its Voice Deserves Serious Consideration

At a time when Israel faces extraordinarily difficult security, diplomatic, and demographic challenges, one Israeli organization deserves particular attention: Commanders for Israel’s Security (CIS). Its positions are controversial in some political circles, particularly its advocacy of eventual separation from...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 28, 2026, 4:03 AM

⁦⁧איפה משה היום?⁩ | ⁧أين موسى عليه السلام اليوم؟⁩ | Where Is Moses Today?⁩

Pharaoh’s Guide to Modern Political Leadership When you cannot answer the accusation, commission a biography of the accuser. A satire on the "modern" press "office". The first rule of machiavellian political leadership is straightforward: when someone asks what you have done,...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 27, 2026, 4:56 AM

Analysing Moses – Take off your Sandals.

Taking Off Your Sandals: Humility Before God, Responsibility Before Others Approach revelation with humility. Trust God with the unseen. Use your intellect—and protect other people’s rights. Moses عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ approaches a fire. Then he hears a command that changes the significance...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 26, 2026, 1:27 PM

The best perfume you can wear.

What the everyday conduct of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ teaches us about the impression we leave on others. Before leaving home, we check the mirror. We straighten a collar, adjust our hair and perhaps apply a little perfume. We want our...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 22, 2026, 3:18 AM

The Civilian Black Box

The Civilian Black Box When an airliner crashes, we search for the black box. We recover the flight-data recorder. We recover the cockpit-voice recorder. Investigators reconstruct what the aircraft was doing, what its systems were doing, what the crew knew and what happened...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 19, 2026, 1:43 AM

On Urban Planning – Multiple use city spaces.

The Two-Job City Cities have a space problem. Land is expensive. Roads consume enormous areas. Roofs sit beneath sunlight while rainwater is sent immediately into drains. Walls absorb heat. Car parks bake in the sun. Streetlights illuminate roads at night and...

Sep 15, 2026, 3:22 AM

The 2026 BRICS Declaration: The Grammar of EMDE-Centrism

PM Narendra Modi at BRICS Summit Session on “Inclusive Global Governance and Strengthening Multilateralism” at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi on September 12, 2026. (Photo Credit: PIB/Govt. of India).

From a bureaucratic category to a language of collective leverage, the New Delhi Declaration shows how BRICS is weaving EMDEs into its claims over capital, representation, and the architecture of global economic governance. On September 12, 2026, BRICS leaders unanimously...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 14, 2026, 6:44 AM

River to Sea Palestinians and Israelis Must Reject Hatred and Suffering

Secret 1993 Peres-Hussein meeting helped pave the way for Israel-Jordan peace, revealed documents show. The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation described the historic exchange as a kind of "testament for peace" by two leaders who sought to change...

Sep 7, 2026, 7:17 PM

The question we seem afraid to ask! Why is Gaza treated so differently?

British Jews in the UK always acknowledge Britain at pro-Israel and anti-antisemitism rallies. The Israel-haters rarely, if indeed they ever, do! Pic: Ed Moss

I start with something that shouldn’t need saying. Palestinian civilians have suffered terribly. Whatever one’s views of Israel, Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu or the wider Middle East conflict, yes, there is suffering among innocent Palestinians. Children have been killed, families...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 5, 2026, 10:14 AM

Qiyamah El Ninos For Dajjal, Mahdi and Messiahs At Work

Over 50 years, three El Niño events were considered “extreme”: 1982-83, 1997-98 and 2015-16, said Michael McPhaden, a senior scientist. This current El Niño will rival those previous record El Niños, if not exceed them in magnitude, McPhaden said. "With...

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