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Indications on the ground suggest that Israel has come to terms with Jordan’s efforts, and it does not intend to close the “Gate of Mercy” compound, which was shut for 16 years.
Never mind the spin: The newly aligned parties do not form the center of the Israeli political spectrum.
It may be the case that the hyphen in that word is playing a similarly obfuscatory role in our understanding of how dangerous this phenomenon really is.
A new approach to addressing the conflict on campus recognizes that the majority of students are neither naturally pro-Israel or anti-Israel, and most may never take a clear position. Rather, promoting the complexity of the conflict meets students in an intellectually honest comfort zone that is proving effective in diffusing delegitimization initiatives by Israel-bashers.
While there is a stark difference between Trump and most Democrats, don’t look for the Jewish state to be a major topic of discussion on the campaign trail.
A merger in the center could dethrone Netanyahu, but should a controversial maneuver cost him the respect of American Jews?
Such falsifications are justified on the grounds that they illustrate a “broader truth.” But they are in fact lies.
A new subculture, fostered in large part due to social media, is driven by revulsion at Islamist terrorism, fear of Iran and its nuclear designs, and recognition of the Holocaust.
Virulent anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party and among French “yellow-vests” populists raises uncomfortable questions about how democracies react to hate.
Since classic anti-Semitism is currently out of fashion, it’s channeling its hatred of Jews to the State of Israel, whose insistence on constitutionally defending itself as a nation-state is a veritable call to arms.
Poland needs to shed its guilty conscience with regard to the Holocaust and move on, for the attitude of Viségrad Group is crucial for Israel in the face of the European Union’s incessant criticism of the Jewish state.
The United States wanted Tzipi Livni to lead the Jewish state, but if she failed it was thanks to her negotiating partners, not her personality.