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Some Notes from My Back Pages

Posted on July 27, 2026 by jonathanspyer

While looking for something else recently, I came across a long and interesting interview with Patrick Hayes, a former Provisional IRA terrorist who was jailed for 30 years for his part in the second Harrods bombing in London in 1992, … Continue reading →

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Kittleson Kidnapping Laid Bare Iraq’s Militia State

Posted on April 11, 2026 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 11/4 The (mercifully brief and now concluded) incarceration of the US freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson in Iraq at the hands of the Shia militia Ktaeb Hizballah reveals much about who really runs Iraq.  The evidence is not encouraging. … Continue reading →

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A Few Thoughts on the Alleged New World Order

Posted on January 4, 2026 by jonathanspyer

The US action in Venezuela has led to a flurry of punditry asserting that the Trump Administration is bringing into being a new world based on the open assertion of raw, great power state interest and the emergence of spheres … Continue reading →

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Searching for the Last Jews of Damascus: A Journey Through Memory and Ruins

Posted on February 9, 2025 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 24/1 In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to fully stamp their authority on … Continue reading →

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