Opinion // Mythbusting Israel’s 2015 Election
The right is not a shoo-in, but increased polarization is likely....
Sunday, February 17, 2019
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Opinion // Living Under the “Terrorism Tree”
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Attacks may be a fact of life, but Israelis will never consider terrorism “normal.” ...
How Big is the ISIS Threat?
The Sunni extremist group in Syria and Iraq could cause turmoil in the entire Middle East. ...
Opinion // ISIS Commits Cultural Genocide
Militants sever the ties that connect the region to the world—and history by Amy E. Schwartz In 2010, Bonnie Burnham, president of the World Monuments Fund, paid a visit to historic Aleppo, Syria to see the triumphant conclusion of a 10-year restoration and conservation of the historic citadel. “Aleppo...
Opinion // The Enemy of My Enemy…
Should Israelis befriend moderate Sunnis such as the Saudis, or the region’s outcasts? by Gabriel Scheinmann At the United Nations in early fall, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that “a broader rapprochement between Israel and the Arab world” could not only help defeat the twin threats of...
Opinion // Why Women Are Still Not Heard
Even today, many Jewish women leaders are afraid to speak out with self-assurance. by Letty Cottin Pogrebin Sometimes, words speak louder than actions. Women have proliferated lately in the top ranks of Jewish leadership. They’re leaders in synagogues, Jewish communal organizations and media outlets. Four out of the...
Opinion // Israel Fixes Everything and Resolves Nothing
Netanyahu and Israel are stuck in the status quo as the Palestinians go in another direction. by Nahum Barnea We’re living in a period of dramatic change, but that doesn’t mean there will be changes in Israel’s politics, particularly the politics of the government of Prime Minister Benjamin...
Opinion // Max Steinberg: A Real American Hero
Not so long ago, American Jewish children learned from their parents to love the State of Israel. Even secular, assimilated American Jews gave their kids charity boxes to collect nickels and dimes to plant trees there, as the parents do in Woody Allen’s 1987 film...
Opinion // Israel: “Close to Perfect”
Rachel Fraenkel, mother of Naftali Fraenkel, one of the three Israeli teens whose kidnapping and murder started the current crisis, recently gave her first lengthy interview to Yediot Daily. It was clear that she is an impressive woman, wise, calm and sober, and that her...
Opinion // The Activists Who Cry Censorship
Supposedly silenced critics of Israel have plenty of platforms to air their views....