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Jerold S. Auerbach

Jerold S. Auerbach is the author of 12 books, including Print to Fit: The New York Times, Zionism and Israel (1896-2016) and Israel 1896-2016, selected for Mosaic by Ruth Wisse and Martin Kramer as a “Best Book for 2019.”

It was in Hebron where David became king of Israel, ruling for seven years before relocating his throne in Jerusalem.
It needs remembering that there already is a Palestinian state: Its name is the Kingdom of Jordan.
Nearly a century after Winston Churchill’s surrender of Palestinian land to the King of Transjordan, the boundaries of the Jewish state remain a continuing source of contention.
Unrelenting denigration of Zionism and Judaism, stretching across nearly a century, is too deeply embedded to change any time soon, if ever.
Meeting recently with P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his support for a Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip.
It may be a compelling wish, but it is far from reality and realization.
Each candle-lighting, especially the eighth, reminds me who I am.
Israel must relinquish its biblical homeland for a Palestinian state. Only that will satisfy the paper of record.
Israel relinquishes its biblical homeland to be sandwiched between two Arab states, one of which just demonstrated its determination to slaughter civilians.