The highlands on both sides of the town of Al-Zabadani, Syria look like rolling waves, not jagged peaks. Yet they reach 2,100 meters (7,000 feet) and peer down upon this popular summer retreat 26 kilometers (16 miles) northwest of Damascus. In the winter of 1974 – 45 years ago this week – these mountains were …
Multiple choice question: Name the person, place or thing that referred to Israel as a “scum state,” called for an international arms embargo of Israel, accused Israel of “war crimes,” and lashed out at the Jewish state more than any other nation on the planet. 1. The Islamic Republic of Iran 2. Louis Farrakhan 3. …
There is compelling coverage today of Amnesty International’s 40-year decline from ineffective supporter of humanitarian causes in the 1980s to a farce obsessed with delegitimizing Israel. I therefore want to share a story instead. It is about Amnesty’s positive role in my life when I was a young adult – and not for the reasons …