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ON JUNE 1–2, 1941, as British forces momentarily withdrew from Baghdad, a mob unleashed a systematic slaughter of the city's ancient Jewish community. Nearly 180 Jews were killed, hundreds more wounded, and thousands of homes and businesses were looted and destroyed. The Farhud — Arabic for "violent dispossession" — was a watershed moment. Yet outside […]

The fires have been burning for months. Migrants are beaten in the streets, schoolchildren riot against foreign classmates, and a charismatic activist whips crowds into a frenzy with warnings that foreigners will "say they discovered us." Yet for mainstream press, South Africa's anti-immigrant crisis remains largely invisible. What is unfolding across the country bears the […]

THIS MONTH'S Nakba Day commemorations — marking 78 years since the displacement of Palestinians during Israel's 1948 War of Independence — were supposed to be occasions for solemn remembrance. Instead, they produced two embarrassing episodes that, taken together, illustrate something more significant than mere carelessness: a systematic pattern of historical redaction in which t...

Cape Town, South Africa: South African Airways has come under sharp criticism after Flight SA313 came perilously close to a fuel emergency during last week’s violent Cape storm, despite clear and timely severe weather warnings issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS). The airline’s decision to proceed with the Johannesburg to Cape Town flight […]