Sarsour didn’t really say that
Did Linda Sarsour say that you can’t be a feminist and a Zionist? No, she didn’t. In The Nation article that so many Jews have been citing on Facebook, The Times of Israel, and virtually every Jewish newspaper, Sarsour only uses the term Zionist twice, and each time she specifies “right-wing Zionist.”
Shattering the Myth of Dutch Tolerance
This article originally appeared on The Conversation. The Dutch elections on March 15 have received a lot of attention in the international media. The reason for the attention is clear: A Trump lookalike populist, Geert Wilders, was rumored to win big as part of a Western populist movement that some call the “Patriotic Spring.” His […]
Trump’s Diplomacy-Free Asia Strategy Risks World War
North Korea’s missile launches last week are an early warning that the Trump administration’s Asia strategy could end up triggering the world’s next major war. Spurred by the launches, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is touring Japan, South Korea and China this week. But Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile activities…
How Geert Wilders Lost Power But Gained Influence
As results flooded in after the Dutch general election, incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte was beaming. The country, he said, had hit back against far-right, anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders and the hate he espoused. Wilders’s Party for Freedom came a distant second, with 20 seats, to Rutte’s People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, which won […]
Paris Orly Airport Attacker Said He Wanted ‘to Die for Allah’
A Frenchman with suspected links to radical Islam shot dead at Paris’ Orly airport Saturday morning shouted he wanted to “die for Allah” and tried to seize a female soldier’s assault rifle. The man, identified as 39-year-old Ziyed Ben Belgacem, apparently intending to open fire on passengers, a prosecutor said. Two colleagues on patrol with […]
Egypt Struggles to Counter Insurgency in Sinai
The Egyptian government is struggling to counter an increasingly violent insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula targeting Egyptian police, security forces and Christians. Several militant groups, including Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, are controlling large swaths of Sinai, which borders the Gaza Strip and Israel, and have established rule […]
China Mulls Terror Response After Islamic State Threat
The Islamic State terror group released a video earlier this month explicitly threatening China with attacks on its soil. Analysts say that as China seeks to expand influence across central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, its nationals are being exposed to a greater terror threat — and Beijing is having to adapt its response.
Jake Tapper tears into Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after he says he doesn’t “need” media coverage
Jake Tapper hasn’t held back in his coverage and criticism of the Trump administration, including newly minted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson, who is on his first trip to Asia, only took one reporter, Erin McPike, from conservative news publication Independent Journal Review. During his first sit-down interview with McPike, Tillerson said that he […]
Trump Adviser Gorka Denies Ties to Nazi-Linked Group
Normally, second-tier White House foreign policy advisers are rarely seen and even more rarely heard. But these are not normal times, and Sebastian Gorka is no normal adviser. Gorka’s unorthodox views on political Islam were known but little noted outside of military and far-right quarters before Steve Bannon, his former Breitbart News boss and Donald […]
North Korea tests new high-thrust rocket engine
North Korea has conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine that leader Kim Jong-un is calling a revolutionary breakthrough for the country’s space programme. Kim attended the test at the Sohae launch site, according to a report on Sunday by the Korean Central News Agency, which said the test was […]