What Donald Trump Gets Right about Israel and the Arabs
The Middle East has too often been a screen onto which outsiders project their own psychodramas.
October 17, 2019
A New Biography Distorts History to Defame Ben-Gurion
Israel’s first prime minister was no enthusiast of ethnic cleansing.
In his recent biography of David Ben-Gurion—who was born 133 years ago yesterday—the journalist and historian Tom Segev blames Israel’s founding prime minister for his country’s supposed “original sin” of driving Palestinian Arabs from their homes. Efraim Karsh, in his review, shows how Segev ignores and distorts evidence:
October 17, 2019
A New Biography Distorts History to Defame Ben-Gurion
Israel’s first prime minister was no enthusiast of ethnic cleansing.
Alienating Arabs, and a Last-Minute Campaign for Video Cameras at Polling Centers, May Have Cost the Likud the Election
Lessons for the Israeli right.
Moses Mendelssohn, Idolatry, and Baseball Cards
Mistaking the sign for the thing itself.
The Etrog’s Magical—and Literary—Power
In Ashkenazi folklore, the fruit was a charm for fertility.