February 5, 2015 --

How come the United Nations Security Council does not condemn ISIS for acquiring territory by war? After all, the second preambular paragraph in UN Resolution 242 (1967) emphasized "the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war...." Or -- does the quoted language apply only against the State of Israel?

The Canadian prime minister addressed the Israeli Knesset, last January. President Obama has been to Israel but has not appeared before the Knesset. Is it that the president does not want to leave the impression that he recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel?

If the administration rejects the term "radical Islam," would it accept, say, "Amalek?"