If Palestinian Leaders Want Peace, They Should Stop Making War
The Bob Newhart peace plan.
September 20, 2018
The Beatles, the Yom Kippur War, and a Song Still Beloved by Israeli Soldiers
Naomi Shemer’s “Let It Be.”
In the summer of 1973, the Beatles’ “Let It Be,” which had been released three years prior, was a mainstay of Israeli radio, leading the songwriter Naomi Shemer—best known for her “Jerusalem of Gold”—to compose a Hebrew version, to be sung to the same tune. Then the Yom Kippur war broke out, and the song she had written no longer seemed appropriate, as Lahav Harkov writes:
September 20, 2018
By Meeting with His Former Iranian Counterpart, John Kerry Undermined U.S. Policy and Encouraged Terror and Repression
Shadow diplomacy.
When You Can’t Blame the Jews, Blame the Settlers
What HBO gets wrong about the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Why the Hebrew Revival Succeeded While the Attempted Revival of Ancient Iranian Failed
A Russian Jew and an Indian Zoroastrian.
The Beatles, the Yom Kippur War, and a Song Still Beloved by Israeli Soldiers
Naomi Shemer’s “Let It Be.”