“Survivors didn’t talk about anything having to do with sex because they didn’t want their children and grandchildren to know what had happened to them.”
Author Beverley Chalmers says we owe it to victims and survivors to know the unspeakable crimes — including rape, experimentation and forced abortion — committed against them.
Dr. Beverley Chalmers’ latest book is not the kind people want to read. Yet, it’s one they should. Continue reading
Proof of America’s awareness of genocide against European Jews lay in the funny papers, where cartoonists used pens to eviscerate US politicians’ apathy.
NEW YORK — Long before becoming a beloved children’s author, Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel wielded his pen for more sober reasons: He wanted to alert the American public to the horrors of the Third Reich. Continue reading
In a recent auction at Sotheby’s London, a fascinating collection of some of the earliest photographs taken of the Holy Land sold for an awe-inspiring £1,000,000.
Hamas Hezbollah now receiving billion dollars a year from Tehran; sanctions relief will see increase; warns: No intelligence alerts us to knife terrorism. Continue reading
The American Muslim population stands a strong chance of doubling in size by 2050 and becoming the second largest religion by 2040, based on new estimates from the Pew Research Center. Continue reading
Pope Francis just released his first video message Tuesday, calling for all faiths to come together. Continue reading
Sources reveal Cairo has been worriedly asking for clarification over reports that Israel will lift Gaza blockade, let Turkey into Gaza. Continue reading
A basic principle of good Jewish-Christian relations needs to be respectful acceptance of the others’ tradition and self-understanding. Continue reading
Review: Efraim Karsh, ‘The Tail Wags the Dog: International Politics and the Middle East’
If there is one proposition on which there is a consensus among Middle East experts—from academia to the media, and to politicians who echo them both—it is that the “root cause” of present problems in the region are the Western imperialists who imposed their will on its hapless indigenous peoples. According to this narrative, Western powers had been nibbling at the margins of the Ottoman Empire and seized on the opportunity offered by its siding with Germany in World War I. Secret agreements between imperialist powers determined new political boundaries without regard to the needs or interests of those who lived in the region, or to any promises made in the past. Continue reading
For the past two years the story of Vladimir Putin’s Russia has been a tale of two halves. Continue reading