In the Times of Israel Cathryn J. Prince tells the story of Jewish authors as the Gaza war continues. When they aren’t confronted with outright hostility – like having their work pulled from prestigious journals – they are told their voices are unmarketable. The censorship and attack on their freedom of expression is felt globally, writes Prince, who urges Jewish writers to louden their voices.
Inhuman for Criminals, the Luck of the Draw for You and Me
The EU may have banished the “‘inhuman,’ ‘degrading,’ and ‘irreversible’” death penalty for criminals, writes Frank Haviland in The European Conservative – but its member states’ soft-on-crime, easy-on-illegal-immigrants policies are making violent death an increasingly common fate for innocent Europeans. In a world gripped by barbarian forces, writes Haviland, it’s time for Great Britain to hold a national referendum on restoring an older form of justice.
