Negotiations with Abbas Will Lead Nowhere
Unless incitement stops, terror will continue.
January 27, 2016
The Australian Who Convinced India to Give Up Its Hostility toward Israel
Isi Leibler’s behind-the-scenes diplomacy.
After India gained independence in 1947, its foreign policy centered on efforts to create and lead a bloc of “non-aligned nations” consisting mostly of former European colonies. Animus toward Israel inevitably resulted from this orientation, which was in practice anti-American and pro-Arab. Not until 1992 did the two countries established formal diplomatic ties. The breakthrough, which paved the way for what is now a warm relationship, came after over a decade of behind-the-scene efforts by the Australian Jewish businessman and community leader, Isi Leibler. Suzanne Rutland tells the story:
January 27, 2016
That Some Jews Hate Israel Doesn’t Mean Hating Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic
Some of our best enemies are Jews. So what?
The Australian Who Convinced India to Give Up Its Hostility toward Israel
Isi Leibler’s behind-the-scenes diplomacy.
A Jewish Family’s Fight to Reclaim Its German Past
An office building seized by the Nazis and held tightly by modern Germany.
How a Young Literary Scholar Came to Teach the Hebrew Bible at Berkeley
Go west, young Hebraist.