The Administration’s National Security Strategy Shares Much, but Not Everything, with the Israeli Outlook
The U.S. no longer sees the Israel-Palestinian conflict as the region’s biggest problem, or Iran as the solution.
February 7, 2018
A Century after the Balfour Declaration, Is the UK on Israel’s Side?
Yes, but London’s support is becoming more tenuous on both left and right.
Britain’s Conservative prime minister Theresa May led her country in celebrating the centennial of the Balfour Declaration at a commemorative dinner in November, but Jeremy Corbyn, the notoriously hard-left and anti-Israel leader of the Labor party, declined to attend. Although Labor’s shadow foreign secretary did attend, she publicly asserted her disapproval of the occasion and said that the “most important way” for Britain to mark the anniversary would have been “to recognize Palestine.” Indeed, Simon Gordon writes, anti-Zionism has become an increasingly powerful force in British politics—especially, but not exclusively, on the left:
February 7, 2018
A Century after the Balfour Declaration, Is the UK on Israel’s Side?
Yes, but London’s support is becoming more tenuous on both left and right.
How the IRS Went After a Pro-Israel Group, and Why It Matters
An Obama-era scandal that should concern everyone.
The Private, Jewish-Led Counterespionage Group That Took on American Nazis during World War II
Official indifference to the threat of fascism allowed all too many pro-German conspirators to escape.
How Citrus Fruits Came to Israel
Before life gave the Near East lemons, it gave it citrons.