Mahmoud Abbas’s Efforts to Exacerbate the Conflict in Gaza
Why Fatah denounces any cease-fire between Hamas and Israel.
August 23, 2018
No, Israel Isn’t Turning into a Police State—but the Shin Bet Shouldn’t Be Interrogating Journalists at Airports
Stupidity, not policy.
Last week, the American journalist Peter Beinart—a relentless left-wing critic of the Jewish state and a supporter of boycotts of the settlements—wrote a story for the Forward recounting his extensive questioning by Israeli police upon his arrival at Ben-Gurion airport. He asserted that, based on the questions he was asked, he was being harassed because of his political beliefs. While no admirer of Beinart’s politics, Ben-Dror Yemini believes something is amiss with the Shin Bet, the Israeli agency that oversees internal security matters:
August 23, 2018
Why the War in Yemen Matters
A tale of two bombings.
No, Israel Isn’t Turning into a Police State—but the Shin Bet Shouldn’t Be Interrogating Journalists at Airports
Stupidity, not policy.
Leonard Bernstein’s Brother: A Forgotten but Talented Observer of American Jewish Life
Burton Bernstein’s Family Matters.
Remembering Israel’s Only Oscar-Winning Director
Moshe Mizrahi.