— Times of Israel This article uses Domingo Faustino Sarmiento’s 1845 essay Civilization and Barbarism  as a framework to analyze the contemporary conflict between Western civilization and radical Islam (jihadism). The author, Dr. Julio Levit Koldorf, posits that Islamic civilization is in its "adolescence," arguing that while it had a creative childhood, it never produced foundational democratic documents like the U.S. Constitution. He frames modern jihadism as a "regression

— Times of Israel Dr. Koldorf argues that the October 7 attacks mark "the beginning of the end of wokeism." He bases this prediction on what he describes as decades of failed Western leadership, beginning with a 2016 anecdote where European defense officials expressed frustration over their political leaders' "naivety" regarding border control and illegal immigration. Koldorf contends that Western institutions have since doubled down on this naivety, ignoring the warnings of