By Refusing to Report for Duty, Israeli Reservists Created a Dangerous Precedent
Undermining the IDF and civil-military relations.
April 19, 2023
By Refusing to Report for Duty, Israeli Reservists Created a Dangerous Precedent
Undermining the IDF and civil-military relations.
Last month, a number of Israeli reservists—including air-force pilots, elite commandos, and cyberwarfare specialists—announced that they would not appear for their mandatory training rotations to protest the judicial reforms being considered by the Knesset. Fellow opponents of reform praised them for standing up for democracy; proponents of reform condemned them as traitors recklessly politicizing Israeli security. To Kobi Michael, the merits of judicial reform are beside the point: the boycott of reserve duty and the military’s handling of the situation, he argues, have seriously undermined the IDF.
April 19, 2023
The Latest Work of Academic Anti-Zionism Argues That Jews Are Wrong to Seek Security
In Daniel Boyarin’s view, for Jews to keep others safe is the ethical thing, whereas for Jews to keep themselves safe is the “racist” thing.
In Trying to Bring Syria Back into the Fold, Gulf States Double Down on a Bad Investment
Bashar al-Assad won’t change his ways.
Poles, Jews, and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Polish underground largely held the Jews in contempt.
The Lost Library of the Jews of Singapore
A 700-book collection reflecting the history of the local community.