What made me feel the true weight and deep presence of antisemitism was the world’s response to the October 17 explosion in the parking lot outside a hospital in Gaza City.
Precisely why is something of a mystery. None of her subsequent novels achieved anywhere near the success of “The Color Purple.” Unlike, say, Toni Morrison, Walker cannot point to a substantial body of work to justify her reputation. Nonetheless, she remains a popular figure on the lecture circuit, and a selection of her journals has just been published to considerable acclaim.
The Smith incident shows that there is one law for the very wealthy, and another law for the rest of us.
Antisemitism cannot be condemned by itself, as can other forms of bias.
From a conventional military standpoint, there is no question: Israel won, hands down. But from another standpoint—terrorism—Hamas’s campaign was brilliantly successful.
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