Elder of Ziyon takes us through New York Times columnist David Brooks’ article about what Israel could do if it doesn’t enter Rafah: “Finally, a mainstream newspaper looks at alternatives to invading Rafah – and cannot find any,” Elder of Ziyon, March 25, 2024: A fourth alternative is that Israel should just stop. It should […]
What Can Israel Do If It Doesn’t Invade Rafah?
In a piece in the New York Times, its columnist David Brooks considers the possible alternatives to an invasion of Rafah in Gaza. Elder of Ziyon takes us through Brooks’ article as the columnist goes through all the calculations that the IDF must already have made: “Finally, a mainstream newspaper looks at alternatives to invading Rafah […]
NY Times’ David Brooks: Find out how much jihad has to do with Islam by reading…The Varieties of Religious Experience
David Brooks writes: “How much is religion involved in jihadism, or psychology, or politics?…For clarity on that question, it helps to start with William James’s classic work, ‘The Varieties of Religious Experience.’” I might have suggested a different book. How about the Qur’an? When one opens the Qur’an to answer the question “how much is […]