There’s Nothing Outrageous about Viktor Orban’s Visit to Israel
The only country without a right to a normal foreign policy.
July 17, 2018
Boycotting, banning circumcision, and sheltering Nazis.
With a Jewish population of around 250, Iceland has little in the way of organized Jewish life. Anti-Semitic hymns—written by a 17th-century Icelandic churchman—are played on the radio every year during Lent. And both recently and in the past, the country’s government has a poor record when it comes to relations with Israel and the Jews, as Manfred Gerstenfeld writes:
The only country without a right to a normal foreign policy.
Claiming that Palestinians cannot feel included unless Israel is excluded.
Market forces constrain misplaced zealotry.
Kabbalistic kiddush cups.
Boycotting, banning circumcision, and sheltering Nazis.
With a Jewish population of around 250, Iceland has little in the way of organized Jewish life. Anti-Semitic hymns—written by a 17th-century Icelandic churchman—are played on the radio every year during Lent. And both recently and in the past, the country’s government has a poor record when it comes to relations with Israel and the Jews, as Manfred Gerstenfeld writes:
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