I always loved the message of the Catholic Worker. It is in no small measure the message of the Gospel itself. We are called by Christ the Lord himself to be peacemakers. But years ago I discovered why (*) Dorothy Day, the Catholic Worker’s famous co-founder, asked us not to put a halo on her… Read More The Catholic Worker, Gaza — and Us
Andrew Fox – former British Army officer and an associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society – returns to _The Brendan O’Neill Show_. Andrew and Brendan discuss the real reasons Gazans are going hungry, why Hamas’s casualty figures can’t be trusted and how the rush to recognise a Palestinian state is only prolonging the war.
How has the war in Gaza reverberated throughout American politics? Opinion columnist Bret Stephens and Ross Douthat debate the implications of the Israel-Gaza conflict on antisemitism, the morality of war, and why “Monday morning quarterbacking” is not productive when taking stock of military actions in the Middle East.
Provocateur extraordinaire By Stephen Hand, editor, Catholic Critique. The 1566 Catechism of the Council of Trent states: “This guilt [for the death of Christ] seems more enormous in us than in the Jews, since according to the testimony of the same Apostle: ‘If they had known it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory’;… Read More Towards A Critique of E. Michael Jones
Did “Hamas actually want Israel to invade Gaza? Is there a danger that this tragic situation will strengthen the hand of the ultra-nationalist Israeli right? How should the international community respond to the war between Israel and Hamas?Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart last year were joined by Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari to address all… Read More Can Israel Ever Live Peacefully With Gazans Again?
*|* What’s next for Syria’s Christians After Assad’s Fall? (Opinion) Previous. Hamas and Hezbollah. How They Were Formed and Which Nations Support the Terror Groups. Netanyahu speaks on Israel’s view of its own history. | Also Vantage with Palki Sharma 10/7/23 Hamas launched large-scale attacks into Israel. What is Hamas, the terror organisation that governs… Read More Hamas, Hezbollah and Israel
Updated. Andrew Doran and Mary Eberstadt | First Things | 9.5.24 Candace Owens, a Catholic convert and former pundit at the Daily Wire, has come under fire for anti-Semitic rhetoric, including promoting the “blood libel” charge and linking Judaism to pedophilia. She is not alone among Jew-bashers with large online followings trying to claim the label of “Catholic right” these days (notorious anti-Semite Nick Fuentes and… Read More Candace Owens Doesn’t Speak for Catholics
Opinion. Peter Robinson and Douglas Murray. The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam, was published by Bloomsbury in May 2017. It spent almost 20 weeks on The Sunday Times bestseller list and was a Number 1 bestseller in non-fiction. It has subsequently been published in more than 20 languages worldwide and has been read and… Read More October 7, Gaza and the Case for Israel
*|* What’s next for Syria’s Christians After Assad’s Fall? (Opinion) Opinion. The other side of the story: Robert Spencer: The Roots of the Hamas-Israeli War. What the Left doesn’t care to Face. “Robert Spencer was baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church and joined the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1984.[21][22] Spencer has stated that, under the reign of President Mustafa Kemal… Read More Israel Has Been Facing Much Backlash from the Western Left. But History is Long & Has Its Warnings.
No food, no water, no electricity, no escape as attacks intensify overnights Pope Francis repeated his call for a ceasefire in Gaza and called on Hamas to release hostages, invoking God, in a series of tweets addressing the conflict on Sunday. “In God’s name, I beg you to stop: cease using weapons,” Francis said. “I hope that avenues will… Read More Pope Francis has called for an immediate halt to the conflict in Gaza
National Review: “Billions of dollars of aid have flown into Gaza while it has been under Hamas’s control, but instead of going to help alleviate the suffering of its people, the money has been diverted by Hamas to fund its terror operations. The group has dug up water pipes to repurpose them as rockets to… Read More Hamas Is to Blame for Gaza’s Problems
If the West has too often acted unjustly throughout the world —and it certainly has— this fact can never make genocidal Hamas right. “Hamas never wanted peace with Israel.” The Christian Post. “It was — and is — the mission of Hamas to obliterate Israel, not make peace with Israel. As noted in an October… Read More Genocidal Hamas
“The left has really let us down.’ Why many American Jews feel abandoned Like many American Jews, Jonah Goldman sides politically with the left, including its push for the rights of Palestinians. During college, he was active in J Street, the liberal Jewish advocacy group that opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and lobbies… Read More ‘The left has really let us down.’ Why many American Jews feel abandoned.
Ron Paul. “On the eve of what was to be a highly-scripted visit by President Biden to Israel and Jordan, an apparent bombing of a hospital in Gaza tore the plan to shreds as anger at Israel and the US exploded in the region. The Arab leaders he was scheduled to meet in Jordan all… Read More Biden’s Highly Scripted & Disastrous Middle East Trip.
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