The Bastille-Day Attack and the Logic of Escalating Terrorism
A world numbed to mass murder.
July 19, 2016
And the moral vanity of Israel’s Jewish critics.
Taking as his starting point the situation on the eve of the Six-Day War, Bret Stephens discusses the challenges faced by the Jewish state in recent decades, the decisions it must make now, and the evolving character of its relationship with the United States. He also condemns the moral vanity of those American Jewish intellectuals for whom Israel’s purity trumps the safety and wellbeing of its citizens. (Interview by Eric Cohen. Audio, 46 minutes.)
A world numbed to mass murder.
And the moral vanity of Israel’s Jewish critics.
Enemies at the gates.
And the story of its repression.
A buried courtyard.
Taking as his starting point the situation on the eve of the Six-Day War, Bret Stephens discusses the challenges faced by the Jewish state in recent decades, the decisions it must make now, and the evolving character of its relationship with the United States. He also condemns the moral vanity of those American Jewish intellectuals for whom Israel’s purity trumps the safety and wellbeing of its citizens. (Interview by Eric Cohen. Audio, 46 minutes.)
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