The coastal enclave does not exist in a vacuum; it is one node, albeit a vital one, in a network of extremism and terrorism that runs across the region.

International Holocaust Memorial Day cannot be uncomplicatedly marked in the way that it is intended: as a commemoration of the Nazi slaughter of 6 million Jews for the sole reason that they were Jews.

The burgeoning relationship between Somaliland proves that the Jewish state is not hated and isolated in the region, despite the neighboring cluster of authoritarian states insisting otherwise.

What members of this violent organization hunger for are extreme measures that make waves against Israel and make headlines worldwide.

The world is on the cusp of making the same mistake with Hamas that it did with Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006. Still, there is progress to be made if the involved parties pay attention.

Deep down, the mayor-elect knows that his proposal to arrest the Israeli prime minister is a non-starter. He can’t admit that, however, or his supporters would regard it as a sell-out.

A new report on Hamas’s atrocities offers an impressive counterweight for undecided readers who will encounter the deniers as they seek the truth.

The obsession with Jews and Israel diverts column inches and airtime away from humanitarian crises that are far more dire than Gaza and far more intractable.

What we are dealing with here is not “criticism” of Israel’s policies, but outrage that Jews are even in a position where they can make policy!

Jenin was the location of one of the most treacherous myths about Israel’s military conduct, and sadly, the lessons of that sordid episode haven’t been learned.