Erick Erickson writes: Crude exports from the Persian Gulf are back at pre-war levels. J.P. Morgan puts the 10-day average at 17.5 million barrels a day, which is 98 percent of where it stood before the war. Goldman Sachs estimates the region exported 19 million barrels a day over the past week. Brent has come…
The blockade is working
The blockade is working
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, energy economics, international economics, resource economics, war and peace Tags: Iran, Middle-East politics
BRINK: INSIDE THE RACE TO FREE THE OCTOBER 7TH HOSTAGES by Brett McGurk
18 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
(Children’s toys and personal items lie on the bloodstained floor of a child’s bedroom, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel, October 17) The role of the Gaza War which began with the Hamas massacres of October 7, 2023, plays an important role in our current political climate. The […]
BRINK: INSIDE THE RACE TO FREE THE OCTOBER 7TH HOSTAGES by Brett McGurk
Guest Post: Max Harris
17 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in liberalism, war and peace, laws of war, Marxist economics, defence economics Tags: useful idiots, Israel, Gaza Strip, war against terror, Middle-East politics, regressive left
A guest post by Juliet Moses: I recently heard Max Harris, the Labour Party candidate for Tamaki, speak at an event. He introduced himself as having a “strong moral compass”. That’s a bit odd, I thought, and more than a bit self-righteous. Sometimes you hear someone describing someone else that way, but not self-identifying as such.…
Guest Post: Max Harris
Predictable
15 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, Economics of international refugee law, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: British politics, Gaza Strip, Middle-East politics, war against terror
LBC reports: An investigation has revealed that a man known only as ‘Mr X’ worked as a personal bodyguard for Ismail Haniyeh, who was Hamas’ leader in Gaza between 2007 and 2017. He then successfully applied for asylum and eventually indefinite leave to remain in the UK, and was able to plot an antisemitic attack…
Predictable
Nobel Peace prize goes to Navi Pillay, promoter of the Israeli genocide blood libel
10 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
Well, the only thing that consoles me about this year’s grotesque award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay is that the same Prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger and Yasser Arafat. But in some ways this Prize is even worse, for Pillay got it for ““for her efforts to promote peace and international…
Nobel Peace prize goes to Navi Pillay, promoter of the Israeli genocide blood libel
Mamdani booed for his October 7 statement—by supporters of Palestine
09 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
UPDATE: In what can only be a gesture of anti-Israel defiance, Mamdani ate dinner on October 7 at an ideologically-themed Palestinian restaurant (h/t Wayne): New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dined at a Palestinian restaurant chain blasted for being “openly genocidal” against Jews on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel.…
Mamdani booed for his October 7 statement—by supporters of Palestine
Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule
06 Sep 2026 1 Comment
in economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, media bias, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
This week Israeli security forces announced the capture of Mu’in al Arabid, reported to be a senior Hamas internal security and intelligence chief, identified… The post Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule appeared first on CAMERA UK.
Yolande Knell and a Hamas Security Chief Prove the BBC Needs a New Rule
Is there a construal of “anti-Zionism” that doesn’t mean “antisemitism”?
03 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, population economics, war and peace Tags: Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
I wrote about this issue before, and I still can’t find a construal of “anti-Zionism” that is not equivalent to “antisemitism”? I ask because people who throw the term anti-Zionist around, like Zohran Mamdani, adamantly deny that they mean “antisemitism.” So that makes it okay for them to tar people as “Zionists” and deny that…
Is there a construal of “anti-Zionism” that doesn’t mean “antisemitism”?
Abdul El-Sayed and the Piker Problem
29 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, Israel, Middle-East politics, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, war against terror
There was a curious moment this week when Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed expressed shock that people were asking him…
Abdul El-Sayed and the Piker Problem
The folly of the DSA
12 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, political correctness, regressive left
If you already think the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are bad, have a gander at this interview. An article in the Times of Israel (click screenshot below) summarizes a New Yorker interview, also on video (below), with Megan Romer, current co-chair of the DSA. As you know, DSA members or affiliates are winning important…
The folly of the DSA
Once again: why anti-Zionism is antisemitism
08 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, war against terror
Of. course I’ll get raked for putting up this post, but I’m frankly sick of people denigrating others as “Zionists”, which in most cases is simply a euphemism for “people who are pro-Israel” or even “Jews”, so that “anti-Zionist” becomes a euphemism for “anti-Israel” or “antisemitic”. My contention, echoed by Natasha Hausdorff and Douglas Murray…
Once again: why anti-Zionism is antisemitism
Fixed It. Examining BBC Backflips over Hamas Responsibility
20 Jul 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
On July 14, the BBC website published a short update piece by David Gritten titled “Israeli strike on police post in north Gaza kills… The post Fixed It. Examining BBC Backflips over Hamas Responsibility appeared first on CAMERA UK.
Fixed It. Examining BBC Backflips over Hamas Responsibility
The Meaning of “Globalise the Intifada!”
16 Jul 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, war and peace Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
Political slogans compress complicated ideas into a few memorable words. Their strength lies in their emotional force, but so does their danger. A slogan can encourage solidarity and peaceful reform, or it can glorify hatred and violence while allowing those who use it to deny responsibility for its consequences. “Globalise the Intifada” belongs firmly in […]
The Meaning of “Globalise the Intifada!”
War Is Not Genocide
14 Jul 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror
The war in Gaza has produced terrible suffering. Many thousands of civilians have been killed, families have been displaced, neighbourhoods have been destroyed, and ordinary life has become almost impossible. None of this should be minimised. But neither should it be assumed that every exceptionally destructive war is therefore a genocide. Words matter, especially words […]
War Is Not Genocide
A superb piece: Sam Harris explains why, though he has criticisms of Israel, he won’t debate Israel’s critics
08 Jun 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
I always find Sam Harris’s writings absorbing, but in today’s piece he’s really hit his stride, telling us why, despite his own criticisms of Israel, he won’t debate those people—he calls them “scholars, grifters, and moral lunatics”—who demonize Israel as not only morally worse than its enemies, but the worst country in the world. In…
A superb piece: Sam Harris explains why, though he has criticisms of Israel, he won’t debate Israel’s critics
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