How Israel Got the Most Recent Gaza War Right
Why Guardian of the Walls succeeded where Protective Edge failed.
May 24, 2021
How Israel Got the Most Recent Gaza War Right
Why Guardian of the Walls succeeded where Protective Edge failed.
In the West, discussion of Operation Guardian of the Walls—Jerusalem’s official term for the latest round of fighting—has centered on the morality and legality of the IDF’s use of force. Since Israel struck over 1,000 targets, killing 160 Hamas fighters and fewer than 50 civilians—proportions unprecedented in the history of modern warfare—this question need not be particularly fraught. Israelis, by contrast, must ask themselves more complex and vital questions about the operation’s efficacy. Here, Akiva Bigman offers a useful comparison to 2014’s Operation Protective Edge:
May 24, 2021
Progressive Hatred for Israel Provides Justification for Violence against Jews
If you insist that Americans have a “responsibility” to do something about Israel, the thing that they will do is beat up American Jews.
Rioters Destroyed a Local Symbol of Arab-Jewish Coexistence, but Not the Good Feeling behind It
"I was buoyed by the extraordinary outpouring of support and love from my Arab friends and neighbors."
The Jews of Africa in Pictures
From Tunisia to Uganda to Cape Town.
A Bold New Explication of Jewish Tradition Argues That Its Beliefs Are Justified by Its Practice
Mere Judaism.