Israel
AIPAC’s Applause for Donald Trump Sends a Shameful Message
Donald Trump aroused the audience at AIPAC with the same tactics he uses to galvanize voters in his march across the scorched earth of today’s Republican party. And it worked, much to Jane Eisner’s embarrassment and shame.
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How Donald Trump Scared the Jews, Won the Election — and Saved Israel (This Is No Purim Spiel!)
The campaign was even harsher than anyone had predicted. After being told by his advisers that there simply wasn’t enough time to win over enough African, Hispanic or Asian Americans, Donald Trump went for broke, in an effort to secure the 72% of the white vote that he would need in order to stand a chance of winning the ballot in November. “The War of the Races,” was how some pundits described it.
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With ‘Jewish Super Tuesday’ Looming, Republicans Take New Plunge Into Deep End on Israel
More than 1.2 million Jews live in the states participating in next Tuesday’s primaries, affectionately dubbed “Super Duper Tuesday.” Some 650,000 of them reside in Florida, comprising about 3.5 percent of the general population, though their electoral weight might be much greater: Florida Jews are significantly older than the rest of the population, with a higher level of political participation.
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‘Sacrilege’? It's a Pretty Low Bar in Israel These Days
Israel’s escalating culture wars turned surreal in late February, when a vitriolic battle of words erupted between right and left over this question: What is the biblical birthplace of the Jewish people? One side picked Jerusalem. The other side picked Egypt. Both sides were wrong. But days later the battle is still raging, from the Knesset to the op-ed pages to Twitter.
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What Should I Tell My Toddler About Santa?
We’re going to the in-laws for Christmas and my son’s cousins believe in Santa. What, if anything, should I tell him about jolly old St. Nick?
Israel's Top General Praises Iran Deal as 'Strategic Turning Point' in Slap at Bibi
Remember the nuclear agreement between Iran and the West, you know the one that Benjamin Netanyahu insisted was the biggest danger to Israel and the Jews since time immemorial?
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Worried About BDS and 'Intersectionality'? Act Against Israel's Occupation.
David Bernstein, the new president of the Jewish Council on Public Affairs, wrote last week about an important phenomenon impacting campus activism and debate around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: intersectionality.
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'Netanyahu at War' Takes Operatic View of Premier's Rise — and Feud With Barack Obama
“Netanyahu at War,” the Frontline documentary airing on PBS stations Tuesday night, manages to walk a very narrow line with surprising success. Despite the fairly transparent liberal leanings of the filmmakers and most of their on-screen interviewees, the two-hour film presents a reasonably balanced, objective portrayal of the Israeli prime minister and his beliefs.
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What Benjamin Netanyahu Could Have Said After Tel Aviv Terror
Arab Israelis joined Jews in condemning the New Year’s Day shooting rampage in Tel Aviv. So why did Benjamin Netanyahu use the murders to condemn the community — and score cheap political points?
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Jewish Extremists Divide Israel's Right Wing — Even as Orthodox Take Reins of Security Services
Observant Jews have taken the reins of Israel’s security services, but that hasn’t been the sea change some predicted. J.J. Goldberg reports that the head of Shin Bet has divided the far right by leading a crackdown on Jewish extremists.
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Landing in Tinseltown
“So, like, I know that there’s no occupation. Like no one’s allowed to admit that there’s an occupation. Except a lot of people are saying that there is an occupation. More than a lot of people. Like nearly everyone is screaming that there’s an occupation. So maybe, I’m thinking, there must be like, a little bit of occupation going on? It can’t be like everyone is 100% wrong, can it?”
