Column
Yaron Zelekha says the high cost of living, not Trump’s tariffs, which requires tackling. Oh, and Iranian nukes, of course.
By placing the only democratically elected leader in the Middle East on the same level as Yahya Sinwar, the mass-murdering head of Hamas, the ICC has exposed its own moral and procedural collapse.
Any leader with whom the Israeli P.M. has warm relations is fair game for denigration by the punditocracy; and Hungary is the protest movement’s pet peeve.
Centrists may be wrong to think that they can steer their party in a moderate direction. Looking to 2028 and beyond, the implications for supporters of Israel are ominous.
Hatred of Hamas doesn’t alter the endemic hatred of Israel and the Jews.
Doubts about Qatargate are a reminder that liberal establishments are using courts to delegitimize opponents in France and Israel, just as they did in the United States against Trump.
The organization pretends to represent Jewish interests, but its actions tell a very different story.
It can be seen in those who malign the Jewish state for a war it didn’t start and those who insist that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria pose a threat to Mideast stability.
