Why Europe Should Pull Out of the Iran Deal Now
Frederica Mogherini may be losing support for her appeasement policy.
January 31, 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu and the “Strongmen”: Another Myth in the Making
Recoiling with horror at Orban and Bolsinaro but perfectly OK with Arafat and Abbas.
In the past few months, numerous articles have appeared in the Western press about Prime Minister Netanyahu’s diplomatic outreach to “strongmen” and proponents of “illiberal nationalism.” Some have even accused him of abetting some of these leaders’ alleged anti-Semitism. Lahav Harkov explains how this narrative migrated from left-leaning Israeli publications to the diaspora press and from there to mainstream publications like the New York Times, and notes that it has been used to justify not just criticism of Netanyahu but forthright anti-Zionism. As she observes, such analyses recognize no distinctions among very different sorts of leaders, and pay little attention to diplomatic realities:
January 31, 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu and the “Strongmen”: Another Myth in the Making
Recoiling with horror at Orban and Bolsinaro but perfectly OK with Arafat and Abbas.
Ireland’s Boycott-Israel Bill Hurts Israelis, Irish, and Palestinians
To its supporters, it’s worthy because it punishes Jews.
Remembering Frank Blaichman, a Jewish Partisan Hero
He also helped preserve the memory of his fellow fighters.
An Australian Gold-Rush Town and Its Synagogue
Briefly revived by U.S. Marines.