Many of the Shi’a in Lebanon are now looking for a political alternative to Hezbollah, that has dragged them into a disastrous war with Israel. Hezbollah’s war against Israel that began on October 8, 2023, has led to the destruction of many buildings of the Shi’a stronghold in Dahiyeh, southern Beirut, and hundreds of thousands […]
Dutch Taxpayers Are Paying Millions for Islamic Schools
In the Netherlands, the number of Islamic schools continues to rise, and Dutch taxpayers are paying for much of that expansion. As of 2025, those taxpayers were spending, on Muslim primary schools alone, 145 million euros. The amount spent on Islamic secondary schools has not yet been made public. More on the Dutch government’s financing […]
German Police Officers: ‘This Country Is Finished’
In Germany, the police have learned to hew to a narrative that their superiors dictate; that narrative is a pollyannish presentation of Germany today, a place where migrants seamlessly assimilate to the larger society, and where former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s insistence that “Wir schaffen das!” — “We Can Do This!” — has come true. Migrants, […]
Germany’s Domestic Intelligence Chief Warns of ‘Islamist Infiltration’
Recently the head of German domestic intelligence, Sinan Selen, held a meeting in the Bundestag building where he laid out for a select audience the threat of Islamist infiltration into the country’s political institutions. More on his warning can be found here: “Germany’s Intelligence Chief Warns of Islamist Infiltration of Political Institutions,” by Jules Gomes, […]
In Germany, What to Do With the Syrians?
During the Syrian civil war that began in 2011 and ended in December 2024, millions of Syrians fled to countries in Europe, especially Germany. They were in the main Sunni Muslims, fleeing persecution and war at the hands of the Alawite dictatorship of Bashar Assad. Now that war has been over for a year and […]
A Lawyer Looks at the MoU
Daniel Pomerantz is an Israeli lawyer who takes a look at the MoU and breaks it down for us section by section. He raises some issues — such as the economic effect of the agreement on China — that I have not seen discussed anywhere else. More of Pomerantz’s analysis can be found here: “A […]
Israelis Unanimous: The MoU Is a ‘Catastrophic Capitulation’
No one in Israel expected President Donald Trump’s betrayal, accompanied by his coarse-mouthed dressing-down of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The incompetence of Trump and his negotiators is now there for all to see. With sanctions lifted, Iran can now sell its oil, and the revenues from those sales are enough to pay for the […]
Vance Versus Israel
Vice President JD Vance has delivered an unseemly dressing-down of Israel: “Vance: Israel should not attack its only powerful ally left, must abide by peace in Lebanon,” by Corinne Baum, Reuters, June 18, 2026: “What the president gets a little frustrated with sometimes is that we seem to be right on the cusp of a […]
Vance Attacks Israeli Critics of the MoU
With a particularly unpleasant tone of a viceroy dressing down the ungrateful leader of the restive natives, Vice President JD Vance told Israel to stop criticizing the MoU because, he said, it would be good for the Jewish state. So far, no representative of that state has praised the MoU; attitudes expressed now range from […]
Trump Versus Israel
Trump described the Iranian negotiators as “very nice people.” He doesn’t think as well of the Israelis: “Trump says he sent Israel draft of MoU with Iran, expects signing to happen soon,” Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2026: Trump asserted that the MoU would survive should Israel strike in Lebanon. “I consider that the minor war, […]