Learning from Old Globes

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Back in 2015, I broke out my old globe and wrote the article below. My globe is roughly 100 years old, when Israel didn’t exist. The relatively tiny area of Palestine (look for Jerusalem) is labeled “Brit...

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Famine Is Devouring the People of Gaza

The UK Times reports on worsening famine conditions in Gaza. Those in northern Gaza are at greatest risk: Barely any aid has reached the people in the north of Gaza, who are separated from the rest of the population by the fighting. Phone signals are cut off and large...

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No, Don’t ‘Take the Fight’ to the Houthis

Steven Cook wants to have a new war with Yemen: As a result, if the United States wants to protect freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and its environs, it is going to have to take the fight directly to the Houthis. Escalation against the Houthis is a phenomenally...

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