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In our feature essay this month, we explore a peculiarly Israeli institution: the commission of inquiry. These unusually powerful panels are convened to investigate the Jewish state's mistakes. Will the same happen after October 7, and if not, why?
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“When a Jew is harassed by a neo-Nazi, he counts. When a Jew is harassed by a person from another minority group, not so much . . . . If the story suits the narrative, it counts. If it undermines it, it doesn’t” writes @bariweiss
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A U.S. passport holder is being held in a Palestinian interrogation cell. His crime: selling land to Jews
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In the warped view of self-proclaimed anti-racists, Jewish success is somehow evidence of racism. Watch @GlennLoury and @bariweiss cut through the nonsense:
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Heinrich Himmler’s lost letter to the Mufti of Jerusalem
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How the New York Times's cowardice drove the paper to appoint a Nazi apologist to lead its coverage of the Third Reich:
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Archaeologists find a nearly 2,000 year old coin in Jerusalem bearing the inscription, “Freedom of Zion”
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Critical race theory may be coming to a California public school near you. Are Jews ready to fight back against its distortion of their history? (via @EmilyBenedek1 )
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"Slowly but surely, the Internet began celebrating its hatred of me. People I'd known for years, who [had long curried my favor], turned on a knife's edge against me—and with glee" writes @Eve_Barlow
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The real reason there's no Palestinian state: Palestinian leaders care more about ending the Jewish state than about creating a Palestinian one (from @EinatWilf and @Adi_Schwartz )
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In 1942 a band of Algerian Jews risked all to help the Allies invade North Africa. Then the US betrayed them.
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Academic boycotts of Israel aren't going to force the Jewish state to change its policies, but they will help push Jews out of universities. @Martin_Kramer explains:
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Israel has no legal obligation to vaccinate Palestinians in the West Bank, but some U.S. senators have tried to assert one. @EVKontorovich cuts through their mythmaking
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Watch @netanyahu speak with @Doranimated on the Abraham Accords, the virtues of economic freedom, and the importance of studying history
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"The idea that a bunch of Jews 'control' or 'conspire to control' anything starts to sound really dumb the moment you start thinking it through" writes @JonahDispatch
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By suing Israel for the death of its war-zone reporter, Al Jazeera may expose itself as the anti-Semitic propaganda outlet that it really is
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A Columbia professor worries that Jews will “infest” the government
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Ending the myth of Iran's "moderate" president, Hassan Rouhani
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In 1947, the Soviet Union was staunchly anti-Zionist. So why did it vote in favor of creating a Jewish state?
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3 years
Yesterday, the UAE and Bahrain held Holocaust remembrance ceremonies, the first time such events have ever been held in an Arab state
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“In 30 years on the road, I had never experienced anything like this.” Ray Charles on his first visit to Israel (where he sang “Hava Nagilah” with David Ben-Gurion)
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“Karl Marx hated capitalism in no small part because he hated Jews,” writes @JonahNRO
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For @HusseinAboubak understanding contemporary cancel culture is a must, so @douglaskmurray ’s “The Madness of Crowds” has become required reading
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During Israel's fight with Hamas, many Jewish groups like the @ADL not only ignored left-wing anti-Semitism but actively excused those who trafficked in it (via @SethAMandel )
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Many have blamed Iran's current medicine shortages on U.S. sanctions. But the real source of the problem is not sanctions―it's Iranian corruption
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With Joe Biden's expected tilt back towards Iran and Netanyahu's secret meeting with the Saudi crown prince, now may be the perfect time for an Israel-Saudi Arabia normalization. @rich_goldberg analyzes what the Saudis are thinking right now:
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Those who think Tehran outwitted us fail to recognize one very important thing: Obama never intended to contain Iran http://t.co/bjdHktWMiN
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"Thousands and thousands of New Yorkers marching in the streets was fine for de Blasio, but a few dozen ḥasidic mothers in a park was too much to bear"
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The application deadline for the Krauthammer Fellowship—a new full-time opportunity for young writers, editors, and journalists—is coming up. Apply today!
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Although they comprise about 0.2 percent of U.S. population, Orthodox Jews account for some 18 percent of altruistic kidney donations. Listen to the founder of that movement discuss its origins:
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6 years
No, Israel hasn’t used disproportionate force against Hamas. @LTCPeterLerner explains.
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There's a myth that Nazism rose in Germany because the Allies were too harsh on the Germans after WWI. As @KyleWOrton shows, if anything they weren't harsh enough
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While Israel has grown its economic ties with China, it shouldn't forget: China cares much more about Iran than it does about the Jewish state (via Jacob Nagel and @MDubowitz )
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For Jews to defeat left-wing anti-Semitism, they must reject the premises upon which that ideology relies
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There are few reasons for the U.S. to rejoin the Iran deal, yet Joe Biden seems intent on doing it anyway. @mdubowitz and @rich_goldberg explain:
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Some think the Devil can be found in the Hebrew Bible. Are they right?
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In 1924, a British pilot flew over the ancient fortress of Masada and took photos. Now they've led archaeologists to Herod's pleasure gardens, writes @robintngo via @BibArch
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In his response to Iranian attacks on American soldiers, Joe Biden seems to be repeating the same failed policies of Barack Obama. @mdubowitz and Behnam Ben Taleblu analyze:
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"It's very easy for some to be sad when Jews are murdered. Yet, at the same time, so many of them are uncomfortable with Jews asserting themselves, protecting themselves. . . " writes @LahavHarkov
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The story of Soviet spy Morton Sobell, who died last year, is a window into the world of American Jews who dedicated their lives to Communism
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Anti-Semitism isn’t a bug of intersectionality, it’s a feature, writes @SohrabAhmari
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How radical European ideologies corrupted the Arab world—and fostered hatred of Israel and Jews (via @HusseinAboubak ):
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Meet the Jewish refugee soldiers who, as part of the British army, fought in nearly every major British battle of World War II
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Under @jeremycorbyn UK Labor party's anti-Semitism is getting worse. Why don't non-Jews care, asks @jkirchick
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How the decline of religion has made political divisions more bitter
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Qassem Suleimani’s long, long record of killing Jews, not just in Israel, but throughout the world
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Archaeologists find a nearly 2,000 year old coin in Jerusalem bearing the inscription, “Freedom of Zion”
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A winning Middle-East strategy in three parts: support your allies, isolate your enemies, and don’t get the two confused ( @Doranimated )
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The United States is supposed to deter Iran from taking aggressive action in the Middle East. @Doranimated explains how the opposite has happened
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3 years
By funding a UN agency that advocates for the so-called right of return, the Biden administration is helping perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. @EinatWilf explains:
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"As well as betraying Israel, President Biden's irresponsible diplomatic signaling—which also appeases his hard-left supporters—is a betrayal of the Palestinian people" writes @COLRICHARDKEMP
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3 years
Listen to @Chris_arnade explain to @AriLamm why belonging somewhere―to a particular place, to particular community, to a particular tradition―matters
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@ShMMor To @doranimated , it’s no surprise that American debates over Israel ignore the realities of the Middle East. That’s because they’re not really about Israel, but about something very different
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The apocalyptic ideology of Hamas frames the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as one of divine justice and cosmic warfare. @HusseinAboubak explains why that is, and why it appeals to so many in the West:
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What’s worse than not fixing the Iran deal? Not fixing it and pretending you did, writes @omriceren
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Will Israel cease being a Jewish and democratic state if it doesn’t come to an agreement with the Palestinians? No, but that hasn’t stopped U.S. officials from saying it endlessly
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How China is becoming Iran's biggest defender, and what Israel should do about it. @mdubowitz and @rich_goldberg analyze the situation:
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As a new book shows, students in Palestinian universities are constantly inundated with violent anti-Israel propaganda, no matter what school they’re in or degree they’re pursuing
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The leaders of BDS know they can’t harm Israel. Instead, as @COLRICHARDKEMP writes, their campaign is about hounding and punishing Jews around the world for the existence of the Jewish state
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Israel's (unconfirmed) attack on an Iranian nuclear facility did two things: it damaged Iran's nuclear program significantly, and, as @LahavHarkov writes, it strengthened America's negotiating position with Tehran
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Why Ilhan Omar gets away with anti-Semitism: she defines herself as a victim, and then accuses her critics of being anti-black, anti-Muslim, and anti-female @jonathans_tobin explains
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One of Harvard’s newest journalism fellows: 1. Accused Iranian dissidents of being American spies. 2. Writes odes to the Iranian regime. 3. Thinks “Star Wars” is Jewish propaganda. @SohrabAhmari
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"Nakba Day was not intended to mark the alleged humanitarian disaster that befell the Palestinian people in the 1948 war. They do not mourn the dead, the wounded, or the exiled, but the very establishment of the Jewish state" writes @Adi_Schwartz
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Meet the popular Chinese intellectual who penned a rabid anti-Semitic screed to great acclaim in China (via @GeringTuvia )
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The UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC is thoroughly corrupt. Is it better for the US to reject it, or to try to make it better? @jaynordlinger and @HillelNeuer discuss.
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"When America thanks Qatar for its assistance, it's a bit like thanking the thug who punched you in eye for bringing you an ice pack. But it's worse than that" writes @JSchanzer
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20 years ago, @Martin_Kramer wrote a book about the failures of academic Middle Eastern studies. Watch him explain why his critiques then are just as relevant today
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Saudi Arabia once funded 60% of Hamas's budget, but this month it sentenced 60 Hamas terrorists to prison. What's behind Riyadh's turn against the Gaza-based terror group?
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Inside the Iran lobby: meet the American group that supports the Islamic Republic on Capitol Hill and blames the U.S. for Iranian aggression
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Recently unearthed mosaics paint a new picture of 5th-century Galilean Jewish life
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The word "refugee" means "a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country." But when applied to Palestinians, it means something else entirely. Read @MattiFriedman on @EinatWilf and @Adi_Schwartz 's "The War of Return":
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By repeatedly choosing the wrong allies, America has driven Iraq into Iran's grip. @MPPregent explains why it's a failure that carries grave costs for America and Israel
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Aspiring writers, editors, and journalists: Krauthammer-Fellowship applications are due January 15. Don't forget to apply!
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Yesterday, the great historian and philo-Semite Paul Johnson passed away. Read an essay of his in which he thinks about the "mental disease" of anti-Semitism
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Norman Podhoretz, who turned 92 yesterday, called anti-Semitism "the hate that dare not speak its name" in 1986 in @Commentary . Not much has changed since. CC @AbeGreenwald @continetti
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There's no better time to target Hizballah's international crime syndicate than now. Here's why:
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Iran has backed down in the past when confronted, but don’t expect it to buckle from American sanctions just yet
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Kurds & the minorities they protect feel a strong affinity with Israel. @sfrantzman explains why
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Israel and the Biden administration have been friendly, but the latter's maniacal pursuit of a new nuclear deal with Iran may be changing things (via @Doranimated )
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"Whatever shape Biden's deal takes, there are only downsides for the West and the Middle East and only upsides for Tehran" writes @COLRICHARDKEMP
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Hamas's entire strategy is that if it fights Israel long and hard enough, eventually the Jews will leave. It hasn't yet realized that, with nowhere else to go, the Jews will never leave (via @havivrettiggur )
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. @Doranimated explains how "America's refusal to build an anti-Iran bloc is delivering the Middle East to China"
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A new memorial is dedicated to Australia’s Jewish war heroes, on the centennial of a great Jewish general’s knighthood. From @katie_b_burgess CC: @COLRICHARDKEMP @TheMossadIL
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The Saudi government’s decision to lift its ban on commercial movie theaters might seem trivial, but it’s an important step towards genuine liberal reform, writes @SohrabAhmari
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On this day of the Hebrew calendar last year, the rabbi Jonathan Sacks passed away. Meir Soloveichik and @McCormickProf reflect on his legacy in Britain and America
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It's time for Israel to tell other nations that if they want to send food, clothing, and other goods to Gaza, they're welcome, but the cash transfers to Hamas stop now
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A British philosopher expresses sympathy for Jews and quickly gets labeled an anti-Semite
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Are Iran’s interests as legitimate as those of American allies like Israel and the Gulf states? The Biden administration seems to think so, and, as @doranimated shows, that’s a problem
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Jews are pouring into south Florida by the thousands, remaking themselves and the area into one of the best places in the world for Jews to live. @tamaraberens explores what life is like there
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