Column
The response to the former U.S. president’s Truth Social post has been nothing short of a hysterical—purposeful—misreading of his words, which were neither threatening nor anti-Semitic.
Rewriting history isn’t the former Israeli prime minister’s only specialty. Projection is another. But his latest assertions about Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp were more like slander and libel than mere hypocrisy.
The willingness of conservatives to give Candace Owens a pass for her defense of Kanye West’s anti-Semitism is a product of a hopelessly polarized political culture.
“Women, Life, Freedom” represents a complete about-turn on the cult of terror and death promoted by the Iranian regime in the name of the Islamic faith. It is a pithy rejection of the ideology and purpose of the Islamic Republic as well as a vision of the type of government that might replace it.
Britain’s elites loathe Israel on a scale that just doesn’t exist in America.
Despite Biden’s claims, the agreement involves concessions to terrorists in exchange for quiet and empty U.S. guarantees. That’s not the same as a peace based on mutual interests.
The best Israel can do now is hope that the accord turns out as Lapid insists, although he likely will not be the leader to see it executed. And unless it secures deterrence against Hezbollah and produces billions in revenue for Israel, Israelis will have many good reasons to protest.
The showcasing of Roger Waters and Kanye West is, along with trends in academia and woke culture, legitimizing Jew-hatred on both ends of the political spectrum.
The Likud campaign should shine more of the negative spotlight on Meretz, whose pro-Palestinian chairwoman defended misogyny against Sara Netanyahu—on the grounds that the opposition leader’s wife “brought it on herself.”
On the 40th anniversary of the attack on the Great Synagogue of Rome, let’s remember the true nature of terrorism.
Just as worrisome as his ignorance of rudimentary Judaism is the fact that Israel’s interim prime minister isn’t even capable of pulling off the rabbinic pretense. One can hardly wait to hear what cringe-worthy pearls he’s prepared for Sukkot.
It is preferable for Israel to remain what it has always been—a beacon of hope and a refuge for those who need one, but absolutely not a substitute government for Jews in the Diaspora.