In Praise of John McCain—from One Former Prisoner to Another
The prisoner of Zion remembers his first meeting with the senator.
August 28, 2018
Sidelining Abbas and Defunding UNRWA Are the Best Ways Forward for Israel and the U.S.
It’s time for the Israeli defense establishment to change its tune.
The White House is reportedly planning to slash funding to UNRWA, the UN organization that supports Palestinian refugees and their descendants; at the same time, it appears that Washington is prepared to start circumventing Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, who after fifteen years in power has proved himself unwilling to negotiate with Israel. David Weinberg praises both steps, beginning with the latter:
August 28, 2018
Sidelining Abbas and Defunding UNRWA Are the Best Ways Forward for Israel and the U.S.
It’s time for the Israeli defense establishment to change its tune.
America Shouldn’t Reward Bashar al-Assad’s Brutality with Financial and Diplomatic Support
A reply to Jimmy Carter.
A New History of Judaism and Its Lessons for Today’s Intra-Jewish Conflicts
Told with “just the right amount of razzle-dazzle.”
“Operation Finale” Tells the Story of Eichmann’s Capture without Political Pieties or Banal Moralizing
It also gets right what Hannah Arendt got wrong.