There’s a lot that is worrisome about Ilhan Omar. I don’t mean her virulent anti-Israel views that descend into antisemitism. Nor am I here concerned with her activities in Congress, where she has spent more time representing Somalia than Minnesota. Nor is it the louche dealings she and her husband, “political consultant” Tim Mynett, have […]
Europeans Must Disabuse Themselves of the Dreamy Belief That They Owe the Muslim World Something
European authorities are planning to welcome tens of thousands of Gazans to the continent: “Europe Wants Thousands of Gazans to Immigrate. What Could Go Wrong?,” by Jonathan Sacerdoti, Algemeiner, August 24, 2026: Despite the court finding that the family members were “financially dependent on the financial support arranged and provided by the sponsor,” the judgment […]
Europeans Preparing to Admit 40,000 Gazans
Some Gazans want to leave Gaza. That’s fine. But what is not fine is the proposal that Europe, the long-suffering continent with a surfeit of Muslims who have caused so much mayhem, expense, and crime, is where these Muslim Arabs in Gaza — some 40,000 of them — raised on a steady diet of antisemitism […]
In Germany, a School Whose Students Are 90% Immigrants Is ‘the Most Dangerous in the Country’
A school in Germany that has the highest proportion of immigrants in its student body has been making the news. In the country where former Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to convince the people that migrants, mostly Muslim, would fit right in to Germany society — “wir schaffen das!” she told her countrymen, “we can do […]
NPR Reports Glowingly on ‘American Doctor’
On August 24, NPR’s Leila Fadel reported on a new “documentary” about three American doctors who spent time treating patients in Gaza at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. It opens with a description of six dead children, including babies, lined up at the hospital, so that viewers are properly horrified from the get-go, then […]
Reality Has Now Mugged Many Europeans
A French writer has a dim view of Europe today: “Europe in Free Fall,” by Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute, August 23, 2026: A poll conducted for the European Jewish Congress (EJC) shows that a majority of Jews still in Europe would like to leave. Ariel Muzicant, the president of EJC said in 2024, “We’re losing the battle. […]
In Europe Today, Signs of Decline Are Everywhere
The French writer Guy Millière offers a tour d’horizon of Europe today, where the signs of decline are everywhere. More of his grim view can be found here: “Europe in Free Fall,” by Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute, August 23, 2026: On February 14, 2026, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a laudatory speech about Europe and […]
More Nonsense From Erdogan
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has a number of strange observations about Israel’s strike on the Abu al-Duhur military base and more: “Israel ‘baited’ Turkey with Abu al-Duhur airbase ‘pre-election’ strike, US Envoy Tom Barrack says,” by Idan Kweller, Jerusalem Post, August 22, 2026: According to Barrack, US President Donald Trump recently asked Erdogan […]
Tom Barrack Has the Middle East Situation Backwards
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has had a lot to say about the Israeli strike on the Abu al-Duhur military base: “Israel ‘baited’ Turkey with Abu al-Duhur airbase ‘pre-election’ strike, US Envoy Tom Barrack says,” by Idan Kweller, Jerusalem Post, August 22, 2026: According to Barrack, Israel raised the concern with the United States […]
Tom Barrack Accuses Israel of ‘Baiting’ Turkey and Risking ‘World War IIl’
Arab-American Tom Barrack is our ambassador to Turkey, and special envoy to Syria as well. Barrack has fallen hard for Ahmed al-Sharaa’s charade of being a “moderate” who wants to make “peace” with Israel. Barrack also seems as impressed as his boss with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the padishah who rules Turkey and nurses his neo-Ottoman […]