What’s worse: Threats by Smotrich or Amnesty International?

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich does not appear to be ready for prime time. Read more

Judge the Jewish rioters, but don’t rationalize Arab murderers

In terms of the amount of coverage it has received in the media, the most important event in the Middle East in the last week was a riot carried out by Jews that took place in the town of Huwara following a terrorist attack committed by Palestinian Arabs that took the lives of two young Jewish men. Read more

US Mideast diplomacy isn’t advancing peace or democracy

During U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Jerusalem this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did his best to act as if the U.S.-Israel relationship had never been better. Read more

What killed the two-state solution? Cheers and cash for terrorists

In his initial phone conversation with new Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen to congratulate him and the rest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on taking office, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed two contradictory messages. Read more

Is Israel really threatened by Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount gambit?

For those convinced that naming Itamar Ben-Gvir Israel’s minister of national security was tantamount to putting a ticking time bomb in the cabinet, his latest move was proof that they’d been right. Read more

The anti-Bibi resistance is playing with fire

Like the Democrats who went into the streets in their millions the weekend Donald Trump was inaugurated president in January 2017, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s foes clearly intend to act as a “resistance,” rather than a loyal opposition. Read more

The Palestinians’ World Cup propaganda victory

As it does every four years, the world is going crazy over the World Cup. And, as always in international sports events where nationalism is mixed with fans’ passion for their favourite teams, unpleasantness emerged in Qatar. This one involved the Palestinians. Read more

The whole truth about Ukraine’s past matters

If you want to understand the roots of today’s conflicts, there’s no alternative to learning history. That’s especially true with respect to Ukraine and its efforts to repel a Russian invasion. Read more

Trump’s Jewish supporters must condemn and disavow him

If pro-Israel Republicans think former President Donald Trump will apologise or make amends in any way for choosing to have a public dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort home with two notorious antisemites, they haven’t been paying attention to how he has conducted his public career. Read more

Dave Chappelle and normalizing black antisemitism

You have to live in a bubble of New York Times readers and NPR listeners to think that what happens on “Saturday Night Live” is of earth-shattering importance. Read more

Don’t apologize for Ben-Gvir or anything else about Israel

As Benjamin Netanyahu begins forming the next Israeli government following his victory in the latest Knesset election, some on the left have begun a last-ditch effort to prevent him from forming a coalition with the parties that ran as his allies. Read more

Elon Musk must restore free speech on Twitter

He’s finally done it, and organizations that claim to speak for the Jewish community, as well as others, are worried. Read more

Will cancelling Kanye West turn the tide on anti-Semitism?

The saga of Kanye West’s anti-Semitism is not without irony. Even after he had engendered controversy by engaging in anti-Jewish rants, West, who now calls himself “Ye,” boasted that his status as a rap music star and fashion mogul rendered him exempt from facing any real financial consequences for spreading hatred. Read more

Israel should stay out of the war in Ukraine

Eight months into Russia’s brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine, two things are clear about the conflict. Read more

Is Italy’s Giorgia Meloni a friend or a foe of the Jews?

The latest parliamentary elections in Italy have sent many in the chattering classes in both Europe and the United States heading for their smelling salts. Read more

America’s Holocaust failure through the lens of 21st-century politics

Every generation views history through the prism of its own experiences and interests. So, it was probably inevitable that when Ken Burns, America’s great documentary filmmaker, took up the story of the Holocaust, it would be told primarily in terms of ideas that resonate with the PBS audience for which it was produced. Read more

Do religious Jews have a right to reject basic secular education?

After more than a century of biased reporting about Israel, contempt for Zionism, and a lack of interest in reporting about anti-Semitism, readers are right to regard any coverage of the Jewish community by The New York Times with scepticism, if not justified suspicion, of ill intentions. Read more

Celebrate Gorbachev’s failure to save the Soviet Union, not his heroism

Mikhail Gorbachev is being hailed as the man who ended the Cold War, broke up the Soviet empire and freed Soviet Jewry. Read more

Zionism won. So why is it still under attack 125 years after Basel?

The Zionist movement is throwing itself a party. This week marks the 125th anniversary of Theodor Herzl’s convening of the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland. Read more

An end to the delusions about Biden, Iran and Israel?

Like any gambler who is willing to seize on any glimmer of hope that irresponsible betting will be rewarded with an unexpected reversal of fortune, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid was sounding hopeful this week. Read more

‘CNN’ gets it partially right about anti-Semitism

Can a documentary on a low-rated network broadcast at a time when few were watching make much of a difference? Maybe not. That’s especially true when you consider that the program aired directly opposite one of the most ballyhooed shows of the year—the premiere of the new “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon”—on an evening of the week when all cable-news programs get terrible ratings. Read more

Why the world won’t care about Abbas’s ‘Holocaust’ lie

There’s something almost pathetic about the outrage generated after the latest comments by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. Read more

Gaza fighting changes nothing about Israel’s image struggle

If a ceasefire holds, the latest fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Gaza won’t have changed much in a conflict that’s already lasted a century. Read more

Judaism deserves as much respect as Islam

It turns out that some stunts in the era of clickbait journalism really do go too far. Read more

Drawing the wrong conclusions from a Western Wall outrage

If anyone was looking to create an incident whose principal aim was to help alienate more Jews from Israel, the attack on bar mitzvah ceremonies being held at the egalitarian prayer area at Jerusalem’s Western Wall (Kotel) certainly fit the bill. Read more

Biden will do everything he can to help Lapid

The latest developments in Israeli politics provided President Joe Biden with a good excuse to postpone his visit to Israel next month. Read more

The UN’s antisemitism problem won’t be solved by ignoring it

For decades, supporters of Israel have debated what to do about the United Nations. Read more

Prioritise the defense of living Jews while honouring the six million

As Jews around the world commemorate the Holocaust at annual Yom Hashoah ceremonies, the topic on the minds of many of those present will be the dwindling number of survivors present. Read more

Freedom isn’t possible without a nation

It’s the most popular Jewish holiday of the year. Though the fastest-growing and perhaps soon to be the largest sector of American Jewry is the one demographers call “Jews of no religion,” Passover is still the one holiday that is widely observed. Read more

Don’t reward Palestinians for a new wave of terror

After a week of terror attacks that took the lives of 11 people, Israelis are wondering whether they are on the brink of a third intifada. Read more

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