Column
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the scrutiny the Democrats are not being subjected to will likely make it difficult for them to maintain their Senate and House majorities in 2022.
It’s a real American conundrum—namely, because the majority of its member states are illiberal autocracies, and yet, the only country to have its record scrutinized as a fixed agenda item is Israel.
The unsurprising announcement that the United States is ready to sit down with Iran is worrisome because of the new administration team’s modest goals and dismal negotiating record.
He popularized conservatism with wicked and sometimes abusive humor. Is abhorrence of his worst comments more important than support for Israel? Or is this really about partisanship?
South African Rev. Frank Chikane, the moderator of the WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, openly suggested that Israeli Jews were demonic.
White supremacy is a danger that should not be discounted. But scaring the country into regarding it as a threat justifying an assault on civil liberties is about politics, not safety.
American presidents have tried and failed to influence elections in attempts to derail Netanyahu. If that’s what the president is considering, he should think again.
Some of Tzur Hadassah’s residents are in a pickle: Either they accept the apartheid-like implications of the Union for Reform Judaism’s position—by refusing to drive on certain roads, ride on certain buses or buy houses on certain streets—or they risk being denounced by their own religious leaders.
The ready availability of the COVID-19 vaccine makes it less valuable to Israelis who otherwise fight tooth and nail to be at the head of every line.
An actress is fired for an inappropriate pro-Trump Holocaust comparison, though Trump critics use them all the time. Seventy years after leftists were purged for their politics, the practice is revived.
The Europeans had the power to prevent or end the ICC’s bigoted treatment of the Jewish state at every point, and instead took active steps to ensure it would continue.
A controversy about the West Bank is exposing the legacy Zionist institution to attacks from the left and the Biden administration. It should stand its ground.