Sean Durns

On the eve of the United Kingdom’s entry into World War I, the British Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, told a friend: “The lamps are… Read More

The United States and a dozen other countries have suspended funding of UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees) after Israel… Read More

“Authority,” the nineteenth century British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson once wrote, “forgets a dying king.” Few would describe Mahmoud Abbas, the obese, 87-year-old autocrat who… Read More