Author: Luis Fleischman

Anti-Israel activities in universities and support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) are widespread. Such a campaign has not only involved students but faculty as well.

Israel’s stated goal of toppling Hamas in Gaza should not only be a declaration of war but also an opportunity for peace.
If the political actors act wisely, a window of opportunity might open for a final peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

For many, President Richard Nixon remains a villain. Until this very day, the journalist Carl Bernstein, who alongside Bob Woodward helped uncover the Watergate scandal, never misses an opportunity to blast the late president. Indeed, tapes of Nixon’s paranoid tirades and witness testimony confirm that the disgraced president expressed antisemitic sentiments.

Many countries in Latin America are now facing a decline and sometimes an absence of liberal democracy as they fight against criminality while trying, at the same time, to maintain order. This is the case in both Central America and in Mexico. In those countries, liberal democracy is confronted with an issue of order in the face of high levels of criminality.

Recent reports of Cuban soldiers being drafted into the Ukrainian war effort highlights how Moscow is trying to fill the gap left behind by Wagner.