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Al Dura Shooting: The Sequel--and the Next Palestinian Hoax?

Last week, "something" happened in a confrontation between masked and violent Palestinian youths and the IDF on the West Bank, a.k.a. Judea and Samaria. The world is still talking about it and their voices are growing louder by the minute. Hanan Ashrawi,

Monica Lewinsky, Hillary Clinton, Feminists--and Me

I was surprised but pleased when people began calling to tell me that, in her much discussed Vanity Fair piece, Monica Lewinsky referred to one of my books, which was first published in 2002. Lewinsky writes that the "culture of humiliation" to which she

Boko Haram: West Wakes Up, Media Still Asleep

For weeks, I have been wrestling with the question: Should America and the West take on Boko Haram or not. Now, France--not the United States--has convened a meeting of five western African states in Paris. American, British, and other European

The Boko Haram Girls May Already Have Been Mutilated

The entire world is focused on the captured Nigerian girls, many scenarios have been envisioned--and yet there is at least one issue no one has raised: That it is entirely possible that these poor girls have also been genitally mutilated. If so, that

Boko Haram and The History Of Child Rape in Jihad

On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram, (whose name either means "Western education is forbidden" or "a colonialist fraud being perpetrated against us"), captured three hundred Christian and Muslim Nigerian schoolgirls to become their sex and domestic slaves.

BOKO HARAM AND THE HISTORY OF CHILD RAPE IN JIHAD

On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram, (whose name either means "Western education is forbidden" or "a colonialist fraud being perpetrated against us"), captured three hundred Christian and Muslim Nigerian schoolgirls to become their sex and domestic slaves.

Honor Killing in the NY Times

To the Editor: According to "In Spite of the Law, Afghan 'Honor Killings' of Women Continue" (news article, May 4), neither Sharia law nor Western law has any power over tribal law, which drives the honor killing of women. This is partly true since

Chesler Facebook Chronicles

Dear Friends and Supporters: These are my FB musings of the last week. I hope they find favor in your eyes. And, for your viewing pleasure: A video interview with me just launched by my publisher Palgrave-Macmillan. An Orwellian Bargain with the Devil -

Down With NBA Racism! Sexism—Who Cares?

Racism is real and it is ugly but so is sexism. Who has been fined and "clipped" for calling women "hos," "sluts," "bitches," "ball busters?" How many RAP artists and Hollywood people have been challenged, publicly exposed, fined, and fired from their

Op-Ed: Has the 'Occupation' Caused Syrian Men to Beat Wives?

83 per cent of Syrian women reported they are victims of violence inflicted on them by their parents, while 72 per cent cited their husbands and 56 per cent their brothers. In countless papers, including presumed studies published in the British medical