Israel’s elected government is being held hostage by its courts, as unelected judges use extreme powers to subvert the will of the people and overturn law. The kicker, asks Schmuel Klatzkin in the American Spectator? American President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken have sided with Israel’s courts while also funding a group agitating for the removal of legitimately elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – using violence if necessary.
“Papers, please!” Real Borders Make a Comeback in the EU
The 1985 “Schengen” agreement was hailed as the gateway to an eternal utopia of open borders throughout a Europe of 29 countries and 450 million people. Noting the rising number of countries defying EU regulations and restoring national border controls, Lauren Smith in The European Conservative wonders whether the whole Schengen experiment is unravelling under the stresses of uncontrolled illegal migration, crime and social decay.