Oct 17, 2026 · @Hannan Lis Europe is not sanctioning Israel because of what Israel does. It is sanctioning Israel because of what Europe did. In May, EU foreign ministers agreed unanimously to sanction Israeli settlers in the West Bank, the first punitive measure the bloc has managed to pass since the Gaza war began. In September, Britain led a further round, and the Netherlands went further than anyone: a unilateral ban on every product from the West Bank, East Jerusalem and

Oct 17, 2026 · @Hannan Lis Islam is a faith. Islamism is a political program. Start with the distinction, because everything else depends on it. Islam is the religion of nearly two billion people, most of whom want what everyone wants: to raise their children in peace and prosper. Islamism is something else. It is a modern political ideology, born in the twentieth century with the Muslim Brotherhood and Khomeini's revolution, that treats religion as a blueprint for the state

This Rosh Hashanah I listened to a dozen Metro Detroit rabbis. Over the summer I listened to the imams who put Abdul El-Sayed on their stages. The contrast is the whole story of this election.