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‘Anti-Israelism’ is the Problem, Not Antisemitism
Most demonstrators may be against the existence of Israel as a country. This can be seen as anti-Zionism, but questioning the survival of a nation is actually worse than opposing an ideology (an “ism”).
Why don’t more Israelis want humanitarian aid for Gazans?
While polls show widespread resistance to aid that will help hungry and homeless Gazans, there is an Israeli constituency that wants to help.
Weaponizing ‘Genocide’
The deaths of children and other innocents in Gaza, mostly from US-supplied weaponry, are what’s driving campus protests. Too many non-combatants have died, but Israel is not trying to exterminate the Palestinian people.
Israel Moves One Step Closer to Dictatorship
Israel has expelled Al Jazeera. Defenders of Israel regard it as the Middle East’s only democracy, but democracies don’t generally ban press coverage.
Palestinian-American Tells Left: Stop Excusing Hamas
There’s a refusal by some on the left to denounce Hamas as a violent terror group that not only committed a vile atrocity against Israelis, but has exercised authoritarian violence against Gazans for over 17 years. [Posted by permission of the Forward]
The Mother of All Opportunities
Despite its horrors, the Israel-Hamas war provides a new opportunity for diplomatic solutions; but that won’t happen if Netanyahu remains in power.
Antisemitism’s a Recurring Virus; Israel Triggers Fresh Outbreaks
Global eruptions of antisemitism precipitated two conferences at the same venue, over 20 years apart. Although Israel is not to blame for the hatred of Jews, its policies and military actions often trigger it.
Israel, Hamas and ‘Genocide’
I analyze the nature of Hamas and explain why Israel is not guilty of genocide yet has apparently violated the rule of proportionality in its war against Hamas. I also advocate an endgame strategy that reintroduces the prospect of a 2 state solution.
The Campus Battle Over Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism
Most Jewish students at Occidental were already quite critical of Israel’s policies . . . . But most were unwilling to join a protest that failed to acknowledge Hamas’s responsibility for its massacre of Israeli Jews.