Joe Biden Shouldn’t Object to Israeli Officials Accompanying Him to a Palestinian Hospital
An implicit denial of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem.
July 15, 2022
Joe Biden Shouldn’t Object to Israeli Officials Accompanying Him to a Palestinian Hospital
An implicit denial of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem.
Today, President Biden is expected to visit the Augusta Victoria hospital in eastern Jerusalem, which since 1948 has provided healthcare to Palestinians under the auspices of the Lutheran World Federation. Israeli officials had wished to accompany the president, but his team denied the request. To Robert Silverman, this was an “ill-considered” decision:
July 15, 2022
The U.S. Should Encourage Saudi Arabia’s Rush to Modernity
And press it to join the Abraham Accords.
For the Jews of Medieval Europe, the Bible’s Characters Were Everywhere
Quotidian piety.
Why the Ancient Rabbis Compared Moses to Balaam
The ethical purpose of making a despised figure into a great prophet.
Israel’s Vietnamese Community Turns Forty-Five
“Of course, I’m a true Israeli.”