Here’s why Iran should get the bomb
With the Middle East nuclear crisis looming, Kenneth Waltz of the Council of Foreign Relations argues that “power begs to be balanced” and the only way stability is possible in the region is if Iran is...
View ArticleSettlers are entitled to occupied lands
In The New York Times, Dani Dayan defends Israeli settlement in the occupied territories. Still, Dayan says, “ While the status quo is not anyone’s ideal, it is immeasurably better than any other...
View ArticleSettlements hurt Israel long term
“The settlement enterprise is patently immoral and spectacularly unwise, from the point of view of anyone who cares about Israel and its survival as a democracy and a Jewish state,” says Lara Friedman...
View ArticleIsrael remains weak on Hamas power
The recent killing of military leader Ahmed Jaabri does not confirm Israel’s tough stance against Hamas, Jonathan Rosen says in the Jerusalem Post. The country’s dealings with the terrorist group show...
View ArticleMilitary attacks further isolate Israel
Israel’s regional position has become more isolated and insecure in the years that it’s been waging a “low grade war” with Hamas, says Janine Zacharia in Slate. The country needs to develop a more...
View ArticleU.S.-Israeli bias complicates peace
The U.S. is not some “helpless uninvolved party” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but an active supporter of Israel’s brutal subjection of the Palestinians, and we can’t dismiss our “involvement in...
View ArticleIsraeli cartoon didn’t show anti-Semitism
Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell says on BBC that a cartoon published in the Sunday Times on Holocaust Remembrance Day that depicts Israel’s prime minister building a wall with the bodies of...
View ArticleNYC officials can’t shut down debate
Threats to cut Brooklyn College’s funding for hosting a pro-Palestinian event endangers academic freedom and allows pro-Israel advocates to use state power to suppress the criticism of the Israeli...
View ArticleObama should spend some political capital on Israel
President Barack Obama’s trip to Israel appeared to lack “real diplomatic initiative” beyond soothing anxieties about America’s commitment, says David Remnick in the New Yorker. But, in urging Israel...
View ArticleMr. Obama’s case for peace
Our opinion: The president got it right in a speech to young Israelis — both Israelis and Palestinians deserve to live in freedom and peace. Addressing an audience in Jerusalem last week, President...
View Article‘Brain drain’ blame game
Israeli political and religious leaders who criticize their fellow citizens for living abroad and contributing to the country’s “brain drain” ignore the lack of financial and educational opportunities...
View ArticleIsrael knows diplomacy won’t work with Iran
It “would be strategically and morally negligent” for Israel’s prime minister to insist on anything less than the complete dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program, given evidence that Iran has lied...
View ArticleAriel Sharon’s policies plague Israel today
In helping to shape Israel’s destiny, the late Ariel Sharon leaves behind a mixed legacy: Some regard him as a war criminal whose policies killed thousands, but others see him as “a strong-armed...
View ArticleComplex legacy of Ariel Sharon
Our opinion: The change that Ariel Sharon seemed to embrace at the end of his political career is still worth pursuing. To reduce Ariel Sharon’s life and legacy to a tidy assessment of good or bad is...
View ArticlePeace is the price of aid to Israel
America’s inability to broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians could be due to the sizeable U.S. foreign aid Israel receives, which helps fund the country’s expansion into occupied...
View ArticleAnti-Semitism in Europe still flourishes
Given widespread European complicity in the Holocaust, it’s not surprising that descendants of Nazis and Nazi collaborators are “once again declaring war on the Jews,” says Alan Dershowitz in Newsmax....
View ArticleHolocaust remarks won’t revive peace talks
Responding to Palestine’s first public denouncement of the Holocaust, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says on “Face the Nation” that the statement is difficult to reconcile with the...
View ArticlePeace talks should focus on substance not semantics
By focusing on John Kerry’s controversial apartheid metaphor to describe Israel’s fate if it fails to broker peace with the Palestinians, officials are “emphasizing points of semantic disagreement over...
View ArticleSeek justice, not revenge
The deaths of three teens in the West Bank is a terrible tragedy for Israelis and people everywhere, writes Alan Elsner for CNN. Though “Israel’s government doubtless feels a need to provide a tough...
View ArticleSeek justice, not revenge
The deaths of three teens in the West Bank is a terrible tragedy for Israelis and people everywhere, writes Alan Elsner for CNN. Though “Israel’s government doubtless feels a need to provide a tough...
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