If anyone wants to see a preview of what a Palestinian state would look like, they should consider Gaza. Only the self-deluded believe such a state would not be used by terrorists to complete the “final solution” of wiping Israel off the map. Is there any credible evidence that would prove otherwise?
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Paul Mills: The eventful history of public referenda confrontations with CMP
What the clues from 1914 to 2021 have to offer on the possible fate of Pine Tree Power.
Clarence Page: After the hate, bring on the healing: The other side of terror tragedies
Following the rise of a bitter and bloody war between Israel and Hamas, we see the old fears and hatreds rising again, even from haters who don’t know much about the group they purportedly are hating.
Froma Harrop: ‘The Golden Bachelor’: Fantasy or real?
“The Golden Bachelor” is basically a 2023 version of the 1993 movie “Sleepless in Seattle.”
Bob Neal: The Countryman: The turmoil of war muddles everything
It’s easy to put the monkey on our own backs to screen platforms and weed out the liars, but so many of them present themselves as honest brokers of news that one almost needs a degree in psychology to figure who’s posting the truth.
Cal Thomas: Raw antisemitism exposed
There is no “cure” for antisemitism, but universal denunciation by all people of good will might help push it back in the closet, or under the Earth where it belongs. It also might help if some pro-Palestinian students were forced to listen to a Holocaust survivor and the true history of Judaism and Israel.
Clarence Page: Curb your optimism about the Middle East. Turn on your realism
We make a mistake when we try to judge other people’s decision without taking into account how much their experiences and circumstances differ from our own.
Rich Lowry: The Trump Doctrine
Donald Trump’s relatively crisis-free presidency in foreign affairs has created a sense, perhaps an accurate one, that he cowed enemies into not challenging the U.S.
Froma Harrop: You can’t stop fentanyl
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid. Cheap to make, it is about 50 times as powerful as pure heroin. Of the reported 107,081 drug overdose deaths in America last year, more than two-thirds involved synthetic opioids other than methadone. A gram of fentanyl is so dangerous that experienced drug users have been known to die after making some careless dosing error.
Clarence Page: Another 9/11 surprise? Why Israel should give peace talks another chance
Many questions have yet to be raised and debated about what went wrong for Israel in Gaza. But what stands out are hard-learned lessons about expecting too little from one’s enemies and presuming too much from tactics and information that may have worked before but become seriously outdated after enough conditions change.