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Democratic Egypt Tests a Divided Israel

By Shaul Magid

…ity (formerly the PLO) has become a dependable security force working with Israel in the West Bank; and Israel itself elected two Prime Ministers, Menahem Begin and Yizhak Shamir, who were terrorists earlier in their lives. Both governed according to their nationalist ideals but did not advocate or tolerate terrorists in their government. It should be noted that even some Likud members (Begin and Shamir’s party) voted to effectively ban Meir Kahan…

A desolate road in Israel lined with security fencing.

Decadence, Sickness, and Death: Mourning and the Israel-Hamas War

By Shaul Magid

…ted that, although the organization may have formally amended its call for Israel’s destruction, it continues to assert that “Israel has no right to exist in this region.” And in doing so, it sows the seeds of its own destruction. On the other side, on October 7 the last vestige of Israel’s myth of invincibility was shattered as a result of its failed intelligence and tragically slow response, resulting in many more deaths than there otherwise mig…

The Right is Deeply Divided Over Support for Israel — Though It’s Not About Justice for Palestinians

By Ben Lorber

…rprise attack on Israel, which included the horrific murder of hundreds of Israeli civilians. In response, Israel launched an unprecedented wave of deadly bombardment across the Gaza Strip, murdering thousands of Palestinian civilians, denying food, water and electricity to residents of the besieged enclave in an act of brutal collective punishment, and causing a mass displacement of hundreds of thousands that many are calling a second Nakba. As I…

Gandhi, his Grandson, Israel, and the Jews

By Shalom Goldman

…heir minds it was only that self-defense that could ensure the creation of Israel. As Israeli historian Idith Zertal has noted “thus before it was created, the Jewish State in Palestine claimed custody over continued Jewish existence and preservation of Jewish history and memory, nationalizing the Holocaust and its survivors.” This was an analysis that M.K. Gandhi and his followers could not accept. For we see that when the extent of the German ge…

Battle of Antisemitism Definitions is Actually a Proxy War For Criticism of Israel

By Joshua Shanes

…law. Israel’s choices—at the ballot box and beyond—are making the case for Israel harder to make. Criticism of Israel and accusations of apartheid thus resonate more forcefully and, for some, more dangerously. This creates a state of anxiety whereby boundaries of critique must be limited, managed, even curtailed, and the accusation of ‘antisemitism’ is one way to do it. But this comes at a cost, not only the moral cost of using this charge to supp…

Pricey Tickets, Cranky Citizens, and Priests Behind Bars as Philadelphia Prepares For Papal Visit

By Anthea Butler

…to continue to shrink into the insularity and disorganization that caused the Philadelphia Archdiocese to decline so precipitously? It remains to be seen. Meanwhile, faithful Catholics and others who want to see the Pope may be losing heart. 10,000 tickets for the Pope’s Speech at Independence Mall sold out in two minutes on Tuesday, with 394k people trying their best to get a few. Tickets are already being scalped at $100 and up on craigslist. I…

Oral Roberts, Pioneering Christian Zionist

By Shalom Goldman

…and” (Genesis 12:7) is understood as now fulfilled by the establishment of Israel. Modern Israel’s existence ‘proves’ to many conservative evangelicals that God still acts in history and it enables them to counter secularist claims. Yes, the role that Israel is slated to play in End Time scenarios is significant, but not, I would contend as significant as the ‘Genesis’ factor. Oral Roberts did not attend the 1961 Pentecostal conference in Jerusale…

Hawk Attack on Liberal Pro-Israel Conference

By Sarah Posner

…d Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, for choosing Hagee’s Christians United for Israel’s (CUFI) “Night to Honor Israel” over the J Street conference, and attacking J Street for questioning Hagee’s “pro-Israel bona fides.” I’ve been to the Night to Honor Israel at Hagee’s church, listened to his sermons about why evangelicals should support Israel, and read many of his books. Hagee loves Israel as the site of a future kingdom of Christians, not as a Jew…

The Story of a Post-Holocaust Group Seeking Revenge Against Nazis is Part of the Story of Israel Itself

By Shane Burley

…one, but naive utopianism can be. That understanding may be why the recent Israeli elections shocked American Jews more than Israelis. Kahanists came into power who are toying with West Bank annexation, deporting Palestinian citizens of Israel, and banning non-Orthodox converts from the Law of Return. From the perspective of democracy, this is chilling, but if the founding principle of the state is Jewish sovereignty and security, then the calcula…

The General’s Son Recounts Very Different Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Ira Chernus

…r: The conflict continues largely because of the bellicose policies of the Israeli government and the abuses of the Israeli military. One very important example: It’s an article of faith among most Jews (and most Americans) that Israel was compelled to fight for its life in 1967 against Egypt and other Arab nations determined to destroy it. But in fact Egypt massed troops on Israel’s border only because the Egyptians believed (from faulty intellig…