Hamas atrocities explode the two-state myth

At last. After 17 years of Western diplomatic pressure from the United States to limit its responses to Hamas terrorism, it appears that Washington may be finally prepared to let Israel strike a decisive blow against the Islamist group in Gaza. Read more

Israel-Saudi normalization has nothing to do with Biden

During its first years in office, the Biden administration had difficulty saying the words “Abraham Accords,” let alone taking actions to follow up and expand upon the Trump administration’s foreign-policy triumph. Read more

The cruel lessons of the Oslo debacle remain unlearned

We’ve seen this movie before. Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas says something awful and antisemitic. Read more

Antisemitism won’t be stopped by censoring Musk’s X

Elon Musk may have thought that he was being shaken down by the American Anti-Defamation League. Read more

Is it racist to prioritise freedom from terror?

So much of what has been tearing Israel apart in the last several months can be traced back to public opinion about one man—and his last name isn’t Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more

The problem isn’t Bradley Cooper’s nose

I was at least partly wrong when I wrote about the reaction to Bradley Cooper’s nose last year. Read more

Is a US-Saudi-Israel deal really in the works?

According to New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, President Joe Biden is trying to do Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a big favour. Read more

Herzog’s duty is to stand with Israel’s elected government

When Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrives in Washington next week, he’ll get the kind of red-carpet treatment that is reserved for the friendliest and most important U.S. allies. Read more

Why can’t we talk about Ukrainian antisemitism?

How important is the struggle against antisemitism to the liberal corporate media? How much of it a priority is it for the organised Jewish world? Read more

Christiane Amanpour and the Institutionalisation of media bias

At what point do we just shrug and no longer bother to even complain about a biased press? Read more

Joe Biden’s empty words about antisemitism

For those who think what Jews need is more official recognition of their heritage, it was a great afternoon. Read more

The Gaza Strip and learning to live with insoluble problems

Upon its conclusion, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rightly lauded the Israel Defence Forces for its brilliant work during “Operation Shield and Arrow.” Read more

Where Holocaust commemoration succeeded and where it failed

In the 1980s, as the generation of Holocaust survivors began to age, the Jewish world found itself pondering some relevant questions: What would happen after the last of the survivors were gone? Who would then bear witness to the greatest crime in history? And how could we ensure that their legacy did not die with them? Read more

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

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