Category: Israel / Palestine

Is Anti-Israel Left Antisemitic?

As I explained in my post this past February on NY Times opinion editor Bari Weiss, “I don’t see her adequately confronting the fact that the

Don’t Be ‘Useful Idiots’ for BDS

This is a followup to “Summer of Defeats for Academic BDS.” This short talk was my contribution to the debate at the Foundations of Political Theory

Top Israeli Security Vets Support 2 States

The following letter, dated August 27, 2019, was co-signed by 25 retired Israel Defense Forces commanders and former government security heads (listed under text). It

What Anti-Zionist Leftists Get Wrong

Loathing Israel has become a religion in a large segment of the left – especially the far-left, which has always been anti-Zionist, but even in

Debating Nuances in Tlaib/Omar Ban

In an extensive email discussion, participants in The Third Narrative (TTN) have indicated some difference of opinion regarding this episode as it has evolved.  There’s

A Left-Zionist’s Very Bad Day (Haaretz)

On Saturday, July 27th, my lifelong Zionist convictions were emotionally whipsawed in opposite ways.  First, a lengthy article in the Haaretz weekend magazine (“When Arabs