Israel’s Anti-BDS Law Backfires
A wrongheaded retreat.
May 2, 2017
Israel’s Anti-BDS Law Backfires
A wrongheaded retreat.
Making use of new legislation meant to close Israel’s borders to active promoters of the movement to boycott the Jewish state, officials in Jerusalem recently tried to prevent Omar Shakir, an anti-Israel activist working for Human Rights Watch (HRW), from entering the country. But after HRW used its contacts in the State Department to pressure Israel, Shakir was granted a visa. Evelyn Gordon explains what this reversal shows about the law’s weaknesses:
May 2, 2017
Hamas’s Gruesome Use of Slain Israeli Soldiers as Bargaining Chips
Where is the international outcry?
Russia May Be Setting the Stage for Hizballah’s Next War with Israel
Whether or not it intends to.
How the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge Came to Be an Apple
A Latin pun and John Milton.
In Indonesia, Jews Must Keep a Low Profile
Threatened by rising intolerance.