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Jul 7, 2018, 9:33 PM

Syrian Offensive In Daraa Is A Source Of Concern To Israel

Syria's current offensive to recapture Daraa province from anti-regime rebel forces is giving Israel cause for concern. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began sending reinforcements to southwestern Syria in mid-May in a bid to stamp out the last embers of the rebellion...

Jul 6, 2018, 5:53 PM

Three Identical Strangers

When Bobby Shafran began his first semester at an upstate New York community college nearly 40 years ago, he was greeted effusively by some students. The warm reception puzzled him, since he had never set foot on the campus....

Jul 4, 2018, 7:47 PM

A Deadly Legacy

In one of the most iconic photographs of World War I, printed by the mass-circulation Berliner Illustrierte Zeitungin August 1914, a young German soldier mounted on a horse reaches down to two civilians to bid farewell as his cavalry battalion makes...

Jul 1, 2018, 7:04 PM

Rise and Kill First

Israel has the dubious distinction of being the world's only country whose very existence is challenged. Given its array of enemies, ranging from Iran and Hezbollah to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Israel has devised a policy of assassinating its...

Jun 28, 2018, 7:45 AM

Striking a Blow for Gender Equality

El Al, the Israeli flagship carrier, struck a blow for gender equality a few days ago when it announced it will no longer accommodate unjust and unreasonable demands by ultra-Orthodox Jews not to be seated next to women on...

Jun 25, 2018, 6:13 PM

When Will Justice Prevail in Argentina?

The Alberto Nisman case in Argentina remains shrouded in mystery. Three and a half years after Nisman's untimely death, the Argentine government is still grappling with its fallout, with no end in sight. Nisman, a 51-year-old special prosecutor appointed in 2004...

Jun 23, 2018, 11:05 PM

Conspiracy Theories Abound In The Muslim World

Conspiracy theories in the Muslim world are as common and as popular as vanilla ice cream and apple pie in the United States. Arabs and Turks, in particular, have an insatiable appetite for this variant of fake news. As Abd...

Jun 21, 2018, 2:46 PM

The Caliphate At War

Whether Islamic State was merely a flash in the pan or an organization still capable of regenerating itself after devastating battlefield defeats, it has already cast a dark shadow. Spreading fear and terrorism throughout the Middle East and Europe following...

Jun 19, 2018, 5:48 PM

Woman in gold: the Maria Altmann restitution case

Maria Altmann, a Viennese Jew hounded out of Austria following its annexation by Germany in 1938, was a fighter. Determined to settle an historic injustice, she sued the Austrian government to regain five invaluable paintings by Gustav Klimt that...

Jun 18, 2018, 11:00 PM

Deny Chesterton Sainthood

Should an anti-Semite be considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic church? That's the burning question now that a British bishop is in the process of considering canonization for G.K. Chesterton, the late British novelist and journalist. Five years ago, the...

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Sheldon Kirshner is a journalist in Toronto. He writes at his online journal, SheldonKirshner.com