How the Chimera of a “Palestinian Right of Return” Makes Peace Impossible
A myth Westerners helped create.
April 30, 2020
How the Chimera of a “Palestinian Right of Return” Makes Peace Impossible
A myth Westerners helped create.
An oft-repeated cliché of the Israel-Palestinian conflict is that its solution involves nothing more than finding the right way to partition the land, and convincing both sides to do so. The War of Return, a recent book by Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf, dismantles this myth, arguing that the issue that above all motivates the ongoing Arab war against Israel is the claim that descendants of Palestinian refugees from the 1948 War of Independence have a right to “return,” not to a Palestinian state, but to a Jewish one. Benjamin Kerstein writes in his review:
April 30, 2020
Iran’s Satellite Launch Brings It One Step Closer to an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
A secret military program debuts in public.
New York City’s Mayor Publicly Attacks “the Jewish Community” for Not Adhering to Social-Distancing Regulations
After ignoring violence against Jews, Bill de Blasio blames them for his own public-health failings.
Israel’s Memorial Day Shouldn’t Be Used to Mourn the Deaths of Palestinian Terrorists
And American Jewish organizations shouldn’t support those who do so.
Why the American Constitution Gives Special Status to Freedom of Religion
“Freeing religious exercise from political control will allow religion to flourish—not simply be tolerated.”