Ordinary Gazans Are Turning against Hamas—and Its Western Sympathizers
“Hamas is the destruction of the Palestinian people. They need to be wiped out.”
December 6, 2023
Casting doubt on the Mount Ebal “curse tablet.”
Here at Mosaic, we often cover recent archaeological discoveries in Israel, which can be quite astonishing. But I’ve also learned to be a little weary of breathlessly described artifacts that sound a bit too good to be true. That was my instinct a year ago with the discovery of an ancient miniature tablet thought to be inscribed with Hebrew curses evoking the biblical name of God. A new study throws some cold water on the find’s significance, writes Nathan Steinmeyer:
“Hamas is the destruction of the Palestinian people. They need to be wiped out.”
U.S. pressure led Israel to miss its chance to eliminate the Hamas leadership.
And the precedent from the Soviet-Jewry movement.
Public education can be in any language, but private Jewish education must be in English.
Casting doubt on the Mount Ebal “curse tablet.”
Here at Mosaic, we often cover recent archaeological discoveries in Israel, which can be quite astonishing. But I’ve also learned to be a little weary of breathlessly described artifacts that sound a bit too good to be true. That was my instinct a year ago with the discovery of an ancient miniature tablet thought to be inscribed with Hebrew curses evoking the biblical name of God. A new study throws some cold water on the find’s significance, writes Nathan Steinmeyer:
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