Despite What the UN Says, the Violence at the Gaza Border Is Military, Not Civilian, in Nature
The Human Rights Council gets Israel wrong again.
March 22, 2019
No, an Israeli Politician Didn’t Praise Fascism
Not getting the joke.
As usual in the weeks before a national election, colorful campaign ads are proliferating in Israel. One that has managed to generate some attention, even outside the Jewish state, was produced by the campaign of the current justice minister Ayelet Shaked. Spoofing an advertisement for high-end perfume, the short video mocks those who have branded as fascist both her and her platform, which focuses mainly on reforms of the judiciary. Vivian Bercovici notes that many have failed to get the joke, and are now wringing their hands over an Israeli politician’s supposed disregard for democracy:
March 22, 2019
Does the U.S. Have a Middle East Strategy?
No, and it hasn’t for a long time.
A Prize-Winning Theoretical Physicist’s Critique of Atheism
And of scientism.
No, an Israeli Politician Didn’t Praise Fascism
Not getting the joke.
A Judean Queen’s Romance with the Roman Emperor Who Destroyed the Second Temple
Julia Berenice.