My New Year appeal to Caroline Glick: Rethink the ‘Israeli solution’ So, while I completely concur with her that Israeli sovereignty must be extended from the “River to the Sea,” I call on her to endorse a vigorous program of incentivized emigration (a.k.a. Evacuation – Compensation) for the Arab residents in Judea-Samaria as the only non-“kinetic” policy prescription that can adequately address Israel’s geographic imperative and its demographic one—if it is to endure as the nation state of the Jewish people. Martin Sherman Sept. 7, 2018
It’s all about eliminationism There is two-stage subversion project at work against Israel and its Zionist-base ideology. The first stage seeks to cozy up, in a sense, and to equalize, falsely, two movements: Zionism and Palestinianism. Yisrael Medad Aug. 15, 2018
Dangerously disloyal opposition? If critics of the Nationality Bill have real concerns for the rights of non-Jewish minorities, the patriotic way to address them would be via a new Basic Law to protect them, not raucously denouncing the bill as “racist.” Martin Sherman Aug. 3, 2018
The Nationality Law brouhaha: The failing of Jewish national will? Israel will only be democratic if it is Jewish, and it will only be Jewish if it is Zionist. Therefore, it will only be democratic if it is Zionist—i.e., if it is the nation-state of the Jewish people Martin Sherman July 22, 2018
What do we expect from a Jewish state? Anger about the new nation-state law is misplaced. Concern over the rabbinate flexing its muscles and contempt for the Diaspora is not. Jonathan S. Tobin July 20, 2018
If not Jewish, Israel would not be democratic At this stage, the new law does nothing more than apply the brakes to a car that was skidding down the slope of binationalism. Amnon Lord July 20, 2018
The nation-state law came just in time If the concessionists base themselves on the demographic threat (it doesn’t exist, but for argument’s sake, we’ll assume it does) and that “threat” will undermine Israel’s “Jewish character,” why would they oppose a law that strengthens that character? Yisrael Medad July 20, 2018
Knesset makes it official: Israel is a Jewish state The bill now holds weight as one of Israel’s “Basic Laws,” the highest level of legal authority, being that Israel has no official constitution. Josh Hasten July 19, 2018
Nationality Law passes vote, Israel enshrined as a Jewish state with Jerusalem as its capital Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated the new law as “a pivotal moment in the annals of Zionism and the State of Israel.” July 19, 2018
