Great Britain's revolving door of prime ministers accelerated in June with the resignation of Keir Starmer, its 6th leader 10 years. As Andy Burnham, the popular former mayor of Manchester, hovered in the wings, and Starmer's approval ratings plunged to an all-time low, the former prime minister was living on borrowed time.

Weak and indecisive and with his domestic policies in shambles, the media had nicknamed him Keir Stumbler.

And then there was his embarrassing feud with President Donald J. Trump over defense and foreign policy.

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The Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, was an assault about 15 times as large, on a per capita basis, than the 9/11 attacks. When it was over, more Jews had been murdered than on any single day since the Holocaust.

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When I arrived in Egypt as The New York Times' Cairo Bureau Chief in the early 1980's, I never imagined that I would be spending so much time in Israel.

I had barely unpacked when I found myself on a plane to Tel Aviv, not to cover a story in Israel, but the 1983 suicide truck bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut, a terrorist attack that had killed 241 unsuspecting U.S. servicemen as they slept in their barracks.

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By some estimates, the American Jewish community is currently spending some $600 million a year to combat Jew hatred. Now, a new play on Broadway seems destined to further enflame passions, spark alarm, and raise questions about what motivates the antisemitic surge—as well as debate how Americans, and intellectuals, in particular, should respond to it.

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In late January, I had lunch at Le Rive, a tony, wood-beamed restaurant whose tall windows offered a stunning view of Lake Geneva and its snow-capped mountains. The room buzzed with the sound of diners speaking softly in French and German and the clinking of crystal glassware. The tables were covered with heavy, white linen cloths, perfectly pressed. The lake's soft, silvery light filled the immaculate room.

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