Eleanor Harmsworth

2 months ago | thespectator.com | Jonathan Sacerdoti |Arieh Kovler |Jacob Heilbrunn |Eleanor Harmsworth

No matter how many times it is vanquished or decisively discredited, “Palestinianism” persists as an ideology unwilling to die. Rooted in Muslim Arab nationalism, it remains fundamentally opposed to the very existence of Israel — a Jewish, liberal, and free state. Hamas, one of its most notorious champions, has in recent weeks orchestrated a carefully staged spectacle as it releases Israeli hostages from Gaza.

2 months ago | thespectator.com | Ben Domenech |Taylor Millard |Eleanor Harmsworth |Ross Clark

Amid the tragedy of a deadly plane and helicopter crash at Washington, DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport that has shaken the entire country, it’s becoming increasingly clear how many close calls have been avoided over the years — and that changes may be coming to the status quo. While it’s been almost two decades since the last major commercial airline crash in America, reports are beginning to emerge about how many near misses have happened, especially in DC’s busy airspace.

2 months ago | thespectator.com | Ben Domenech |Eleanor Harmsworth |Ross Clark |Juan P. Villasmil

For the past several years, the air traffic I see out the windows of my office has been constant — a regularly occurring string of flights headed north up the Potomac toward Ronald Reagan International Airport, and others headed south after taking off.

2 months ago | thespectator.com | Eleanor Harmsworth |Freddy Gray |Ross Clark |Juan P. Villasmil

It was the first day of the spring semester when masked individuals burst into the classroom, shouting and throwing posters at students. As they yelled, the professor asked the protestors calmly, and in Arabic, to leave. The class was on the History of Modern Israel, the campus was Columbia University, and the protestors were part of the highly engaged and increasingly extreme “Palestine liberation” movement.

Jan 23, 2025 | thespectator.com | Freddy Gray |Ben Domenech |Taylor Millard |Eleanor Harmsworth

Washington, DCThe Special Relationship is dead, long live the special relationship. On Friday, at a “Stars and Stripes & Union Jack Celebration,” British and American right-wingers mingled gladly atop the Hay-Adams hotel, which overlooks the White House. Nigel Farage and co smoked cigarettes with their Republican brethren and shared Trump war stories. Dolled-up American girls took selfies with Liz Truss. And Steve Bannon showered Lord Glasman, the Labour peer, with admiration.