Since Israel evacuated Gaza in 2005, the Palestinian population has grown from 1.3 million to 2.1 million. In the West Bank, it has grown from 2.4 million to 3.4 million. If the Israelis were hellbent on committing genocide, it’s one of the most epic failures in military history.
An open revolt for Jewish rights and protections is going to have to come from Jews finally making demands and fighting back—or not at all.
Does Morocco have genuine warmth toward Jews, or is it a way to reignite lucrative Jewish tourism? Does it even matter?
Anti-Israelism has become a kind of cultural and political loyalty test that has almost nothing to do with the actual policy questions at stake. If the postwar liberal order is fragmenting, the story of Israel is a symptom of that fragmentation, not its cause.
This tale of censorship is bad for books and portends a death knell for literature.
Vance is aware of the truth, but he has no reason to say so if it won’t help him politically.
Rahm Emanuel’s recent speech at Tel Aviv University proves that the IHRA definition does not silence Israel’s critics.
A Jewish Angeleno looks back several decades and wonders whether the golden age of LA Jewry is behind us.
Miniature, polite gestures of memorialization serve neither as insurance against future catastrophes nor as tributes to the victims. So should we stop to acknowledge them?
Do not give up on institutions — but do not disengage from the responsibility to hold them accountable.
