Should Iran Be Contained, or Defeated?
The perils of bad historical analogies.
June 26, 2025
“A new Hebrew city should exhibit new Hebrew art.”
Especially during times like these, it’s important to remember that Israel is far more than a country at war. Indeed, it’s a country that, unlike some of its enemies, relentlessly refuses to define itself by the threats it faces. A newly published book drawn from the collections of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art testifies to this. Bennett Tucker writes in his review:
The perils of bad historical analogies.
The Constitution, international law, and the twelve-day war.
Hatred for Israel helped his campaign.
“A new Hebrew city should exhibit new Hebrew art.”
Israel Isserlein and the beginning of the aharonim.
Especially during times like these, it’s important to remember that Israel is far more than a country at war. Indeed, it’s a country that, unlike some of its enemies, relentlessly refuses to define itself by the threats it faces. A newly published book drawn from the collections of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art testifies to this. Bennett Tucker writes in his review:
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