The problem is not radical Islam alone, but the convergence of radical Islamist ideology with Western institutional weakness and deliberate amplification by foreign adversaries.
Opinions
The reckoning of the West
The terrible fact is that conscience in the West has become harnessed to absolute evil.
How will we Christians respond to this hand of friendship from Jerusalem? Will we stand with Israel as it stands with us?
For thousands of years, Jews have blessed their children just as Jacob did in Egypt.
Christians are called to identify with God’s ancient people, and point them to the Promised Land.
Thoughts for Shabbat
Jacob’s final glance at his sons is not a sentimental farewell scene, but a ruthless prophetic analysis of the human soul.
The government can’t be trusted to investigate itself, but neither can institutions that are biased against it. History will render its verdict; in the meantime, it should be left to Israel’s voters.
“Blessed are the peacemakers”
Restoring normalization with Israel depends on three conditions: preventing an Islamist return to power, dismantling Iran’s growing influence and stabilizing Eastern Sudan.
