Burgas

How Not to Deal with Hizballah Matthew Levitt, Atlantic. Argentina's failure to respond to Hizballah's 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires emboldened the group to attack Argentine Jews 2 years later.  The E.U. should take note.

J'Accuse! Lee Smith, Weekly Standard. Despite pressure from France and Germany, Bulgaria has blamed Hizballah for the July 2012 bombing that killed 5 Israelis—and made the E.U.'s refusal to blacklist Hizballah untenable.

Watershed in Bulgaria Cnaan Liphshiz, Svetlana Guineva, JTA. Bulgaria's small Jewish community has always had peaceful relations with the country's Muslims. But fears are growing that last week's attack had local support on the ground.