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“Anti-Israel” may be the new “pro-Israel,” but proponents of the bait-and-switch don’t seem to be camouflaging their Jew-hatred as well as they’d hoped.
Allowing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard to go to Israel is the final chapter of a tragedy in which, contrary to popular myth, there are no heroes.
Recent events demonstrate clearly where we are and where we are heading. It is critical that Israel secure its interests as it enters a new diplomatic reality in January.
At a time when both warring political tribes feel entitled to say anything about their opponents, can we at least keep false Holocaust analogies out of public discourse?
For officials there, it should be remembered that the word “sovereignty” is interpreted as a license for governments to do whatever they wish within the territories under their jurisdiction.
By repeating the same measures that failed to stop the virus before, faith in the government, as well as its commitment to religious freedom, is called into question.
A clear line connects the tribunal on Nazi atrocities to current anti-Semitism.
Nothing points to the legitimacy of housing units in Givat Hamatos better than the diatribes of Peace Now, the Palestinian Authority, the European Union and the United Nations.
The Palestinian leadership faces a critical test: A durable peace with Israel with broad Arab backing is now possible, but only if the P.A. and the PLO cut their links with the Iranian regime, Islamist Turkey and their radical terror proxies and allied groups.
Talk of Biden’s joviality and personal warmth, and of moderates versus radicals, are soothing distractions for Israelis about to face the most hostile U.S. administration in history.
Trafficking in anti-Semitic canards should not be permitted to hide behind noble labels like freedom of speech, and nor should doing so leave offenders free from the consequences of their actions.
Like the false Oslo narrative, tributes to Saeb Erekat from diplomats show that the belief that peace is attainable through building relationships remains a myth.