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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.”

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.
In his unrelenting laceration of Israel for depriving Palestinians of their own state, the columnist has ignored history and reality.
Journalist Isabel Kershner refers to the Jewish state’s “corrosive occupation” of its own homeland.
The New York Times appears ignorant of Jewish history in Judea and Samaria.
Discovering my submerged Jewish self.
The columnist seems unaware of the fact that Israel’s prime ministers are under no obligation to take his advice.