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- Trump’s latest move makes Mahmoud Khalil a Joseph for our timesPresident Donald Trump’s administration shared Friday that it has no plans to free Mahmoud Khalil, the Syrian-born Palestinian green card holder and activist who has spent the last three months in prison, despite a judge’s order that the government release him. I read the news, and thought of the story of Joseph’s imprisonment by Pharaoh,... […]
- Israel’s strike on Iran was necessary. But for real change, the US must join the frayThere is near-total consensus in Israel, even among critics of the current government, that the Iranian nuclear threat must be eradicated. Not managed. Not deterred. Eradicated. That is the context for understanding Operation Rising Lion, Israel’s daring and multifaceted preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure. The assault, launched early Friday morning, is a... […]