In the mid-1980s I was rushing through an airport in Rome with a friend of mine who was a television producer.  Suddenly, I spotted at the opposite end of the tunnel a short, stooped woman wearing a familiar robe. “Paul,” I called to my friend, “Watch our...

A recent survey showed a majority of young people in America—54% in one survey—favor abolishing Israel and giving all the land to Hamas. Only nine countries voted with Israel at the United Nations against the resolution to move forward with Palestinian statehood. ...

In June, Ayatollah Khamenei will mark 35 years as Iran’s Supreme Leader.  He succeeded the radical Islamist Ayatollah Khomeini when the first leader of the Islamic Republic died of cancer in 1989.  Like the rest of Iran’s power structure, Khamenei is a “twelver.” ...

On May 23, 1939, a shipload of 925 Jews, including families with small children, some of them toddlers, left the port of Hamburg for Cuba. They were grateful to be escaping Nazi discrimination. Though every one of them carried a visa for Cuba, none were admitted. The...

The prophetic thread began in the Old Testament with Abraham and his offspring, Isaac and Ishmael. The U.S. has tried to join hands both with Israel, a descendant of Isaac, and Arab countries, descendants of Ishmael: The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your country,...

It is not Middle East policy that is driving the U.S. response to the war for survival that Israel is fighting. It is not geopolitical strategy or a grand plan to shape the future of the world. It is all about November 5—election day.   For the first time since...