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Asaf Romirowsky

Asaf Romirowsky is executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), a senior non-resident fellow at the BESA Center and a Fellow at the Middle East Forum.

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Asaf RomirowskyNovember 4, 2021
The distinctiveness of the Balfour Declaration
It’s worth framing the historical conversation on the document with the use of firsthand observers.
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Asaf RomirowskyBegin-Sadat Center for Strategic StudiesMay 26, 2021
Rabbis for Hamas
So warped are the perceptions of Western academics that even American Jewish rabbinical students are effectively shilling for an Islamist terror organization committed to killing Jews.
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Asaf RomirowskyJanuary 24, 2021
The true nature of tolerance
American Jews have once again been forced to choose between their Jewish identity and a “pluralism” that generates intolerance.
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Asaf RomirowskyBESA CenterNovember 17, 2020
The never-ending ‘struggle for Palestine’
The binary view of the Arab-Israeli conflict that has prevailed for decades may have shifted following the Abraham Accords. But if so, what comes next?
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Asaf Romirowsky and Alex JoffeSeptember 21, 2020
Facts find no room in the world of BDS
Anti-Semitism is the only form of hate speech that cancel culture has no problem tolerating, while pro-Israel stances remain occasions to cancel those who dare express it.
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Asaf RomirowskyBESA CenterFebruary 11, 2020
‘If you will it, it is no dream’ … but only on our terms
The necessity of a Jewish nation was a foundational premise for the founding fathers of Zionism, no matter what their political persuasion. That understanding was once shared by most American Jews.
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Asaf RomirowskyBESA CenterJanuary 5, 2020
Don’t confuse me with facts: It’s always about the ‘occupation’
The American Jewish left has once again fallen in line with the Palestinian demand that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict always be conflated to a problem of “occupation,” regardless of facts or history.
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Asaf RomirowskyBESA CenterJune 17, 2019
Lessons from Israel’s first US ambassador
In his memoirs, James McDonald, the first U.S. ambassador to Israel, discusses Israel-Diaspora relations, which are as central now as they were in the early days of the state.
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Besa Center
Asaf RomirowskyApril 7, 2019
Israeli attitudes towards American Jews
Just as Israelis don’t want American Jews to make Israel a partisan issue, Israeli leaders should not push American Jews away.
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Besa Center
Alex Joffe and Asaf RomirowskyDecember 17, 2018
Faculty opposed to Israel are at the forefront of BDS
The campus boycott, divestment and sanction movement has benefited greatly from the normalizing of anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world.
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BOOK REVIEW
Asaf RomirowskyMay 13, 2018
Tapping into the brilliance of Israel and the Zionist dream
A new book, “Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World,” offers examples and explanations of how Israelis contribute globally (and resourcefully) in so many different fields.
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The cost of diplomacy
Asaf RomirowskyFebruary 20, 2012
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Anti-Israelism in Israel
Asaf RomirowskyDecember 12, 2011
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