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Ted Deutch’s exit from Congress and a heroic portrait of Rashida Tlaib in “The New York Times” illustrate the failure of pro-Israel Democrats and the success of their left-wing foes.
It’s true that many Ukrainian nationalists initially welcomed the German invaders as liberators during World War Two. But Ukraine suffered more than Russia from Nazism, with more of its population being killed during the war than any other country.
The very tragic situation in which Ukraine finds itself must be a lesson to all of us, and for Israel, above all.
Self-reliance is the key to security. Israelis must understand that they should avoid being put in a position where, like the Ukrainians, they must rely on fickle international sympathy.
If “Ethnic Studies” is not exposed as viciously divisive and stopped, a large proportion of Massachusetts children, like those in California, will be “learning” that the Jewish state is inherently racist and cruel.
There are significant security and ethical pitfalls on this path.
Israel must depend on no foreign power, use savvy to navigate between world powers and be both willing and able to use force when necessary to protect its sovereignty.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is benign in his attitude towards Jews. But as Jews living in the West, we owe it to ourselves and our fellow citizens to oppose Putin’s imperial project with every fiber of our beings.
The cause behind the administration’s extraordinarily perverse policy is the belief system fundamental to the West’s governing and intellectual classes, and which links their Iran strategy with their approach to Vladimir Putin — and also with their hostility towards Israel.
After a policy document focused on supporting Israel and communal security, liberals howled—and gun control, gay rights and partisan voting laws were reinserted as American Jewry’s top issues.
The Bennett-Lapid government’s attitude towards the Biden administration casts doubt on its threat to go it alone.
As a partisan press continues to lose credibility, the treatment of Biden’s appeasement policy is providing yet another reason why many Americans don’t believe what journalists tell them.