How Russia Plays All Sides of the Middle East’s Power Struggles, and Wins
Relishing frozen conflicts and divided countries.
March 31, 2021
The post-coronavirus aliyah?
While Zionism’s founders certainly sought to create a state where Jews could live without the threat of anti-Semitism, they also embraced a positive vision of a place that would be far more than a refuge for the persecuted—and this was as true of Theodor Herzl as it was of Ahad Ha’am. This latter part of the Zionist vision, perhaps, is being realized by a recent wave of immigrants from prosperous North America, where anti-Semitism is far less of a threat than in Europe or elsewhere. Emily Benedek writes:
Relishing frozen conflicts and divided countries.
The post-coronavirus aliyah?
International pressure on Israel to concede, without pressure on the Palestinians to match Israeli concessions.
Aided by biblical illiteracy.
The blessing and the curse.
While Zionism’s founders certainly sought to create a state where Jews could live without the threat of anti-Semitism, they also embraced a positive vision of a place that would be far more than a refuge for the persecuted—and this was as true of Theodor Herzl as it was of Ahad Ha’am. This latter part of the Zionist vision, perhaps, is being realized by a recent wave of immigrants from prosperous North America, where anti-Semitism is far less of a threat than in Europe or elsewhere. Emily Benedek writes:
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