The U.S. Should Rethink Its Middle East Bases
Is Israel a better location?
July 24, 2026
A thought experiment.
Looking at the international “community of nongovernmental organizations, activists, experts, scholars, and even a few formal intergovernmental bodies united by loosely overlapping commitments to global and transnational justice,” which he dubs “Humanitarians,” Shany Mor does a thought experiment. He imagines four possible Humanitarian responses to the Gaza war. In the first, Humanitarians would be entirely neutral; in the second, sympathetic only to suffering Palestinians. Then there are the other two options:
Is Israel a better location?
A thought experiment.
Remembering an American patriot and friend of the Jews.
The ghetto.
How Jews and Christians read one verse in Isaiah.
Looking at the international “community of nongovernmental organizations, activists, experts, scholars, and even a few formal intergovernmental bodies united by loosely overlapping commitments to global and transnational justice,” which he dubs “Humanitarians,” Shany Mor does a thought experiment. He imagines four possible Humanitarian responses to the Gaza war. In the first, Humanitarians would be entirely neutral; in the second, sympathetic only to suffering Palestinians. Then there are the other two options:
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