The Century-Long Palestinian Effort to Reverse the Balfour Declaration, and Its Implications
Substituting symbolism for practical action.
March 29, 2017
The Century-Long Palestinian Effort to Reverse the Balfour Declaration, and Its Implications
Substituting symbolism for practical action.
With the approach of the 100th anniversary of Britain’s declaration that it favored “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people,” a Palestinian campaign is underway to obtain an apology from the United Kingdom for this supposed injustice. Alex Joffe explains what the campaign reveals about Palestinian leaders’ aspirations and tactics:
March 29, 2017
Russia, Israel, and the Denouement of the Syrian Civil War
Assad will stay, but will Iran remain supreme?
Liberal Rabbis Shouldn’t Be Sowing Political Division in Jewish Communities
Anti-Semitism existed before Donald Trump.
A Ḥasidic Poet Transcends the Usual Fare of Modern Verse
The two worlds of Yehoshua November.
Israeli High-School Students Help Uncover a 2,000-Year-Old Jewish Village
With hideouts from the Bar Kokhba Revolt.