Lebanon Must Abandon Its Anti-Israel Laws
But on its own schedule.
July 3, 2026
Mordecai Kaplan’s vision of America.
In a recent interview, Zohran Mamdani condemned Israel on the grounds that it is a “state that privileges one religion over the other.” The statement is problematic on many levels, and may have been an attempt to weasel out of a question that he didn’t want to answer, but it was the reduction of the Jews to a religious group, rather than a people, that especially stuck in the craw of some commentators. Not coincidentally, it is the standard position of the PLO that Jews share a religion but do not constitute a nation.
But on its own schedule.
But Israel can help set things right.
As they will thank God for their country again.
William Seward visits Jerusalem.
Mordecai Kaplan’s vision of America.
In a recent interview, Zohran Mamdani condemned Israel on the grounds that it is a “state that privileges one religion over the other.” The statement is problematic on many levels, and may have been an attempt to weasel out of a question that he didn’t want to answer, but it was the reduction of the Jews to a religious group, rather than a people, that especially stuck in the craw of some commentators. Not coincidentally, it is the standard position of the PLO that Jews share a religion but do not constitute a nation.
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