The Right and Wrong Ways for the U.S. to Support the Palestinians
There are clear alternatives to “pay for slay,” but Ramallah rejects them.
September 29, 2023
A courtesan’s mirror.
Around 330 BCE, Alexander the Great conquered the Levant, inaugurating a period of Greek rule that lasted until the Maccabees gained independence two centuries later. Israeli archaeologist recently found a tomb from this period not far from Jerusalem, containing a well-preserved bronze mirror. Gavriel Fiske writes:
There are clear alternatives to “pay for slay,” but Ramallah rejects them.
Bad optics.
“By the waters of Zion, there we sat down, and there we wept, when we remembered Babylon.”
A courtesan’s mirror.
Daf yomi turns 100.
Around 330 BCE, Alexander the Great conquered the Levant, inaugurating a period of Greek rule that lasted until the Maccabees gained independence two centuries later. Israeli archaeologist recently found a tomb from this period not far from Jerusalem, containing a well-preserved bronze mirror. Gavriel Fiske writes:
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