Israel
Like Certain Israeli Leaders, Trump Doesn’t Want To Understand Art
Donald Trump’s reaction to ‘Hamilton’ bears some striking resemblances to the ways Benjamin Netanyahu and Miri Regev respond to art, Eetta Prince-Gibson writes.
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Israeli Muslims Want To Save the Muezzin — and So Do Ultra-Orthodox Jews
The story of an unlikely partnership to keep the Muslim call to prayer blaring loud and strong.
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Why Do Israel’s Arabs Keep Playing by the Rules?
Fresh from a surprisingly hopeful conference on relations between Arabs and Jews in Israel, Sammy Smooha outlines five reasons for the current stability. Will it last?
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Donald Trump, Support a Two-State Solution. It’s the Only Way.
Israel needs a two-state solution, urge Susie Gelman and the Israel Policy Forum. Will the Trump administration facilitate that process?
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Instagram’s Glitzy ‘Dear Ivanka’ Pleads: Save Us From Your Dad
A mysterious Instagram account couples glamorous photos of Ivanka Trump with foreboding messages about the president-elect.
The Israeli Right Wing Is Delighted by Trump’s Win — and Why That’s So Dangerous
The fact that Israel’s leaders have so warmly embraced Trump underlines how his brand of divisiveness has long been a mainstay of Israeli politics, Joshua Schreier and Mira Sucharov argue.
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Jewish Federations, Don’t Change Your Policy on the Green Line
JFNA is considering allowing community missions to travel into Israeli-controlled territories beyond the Green Line. Sally Gottesman argues that’s a bad idea.
Prepare To Have Your Peace Disturbed
To watch “Disturbing the Peace” is to be challenged. Does the new documentary present a false moral equivalency between Israelis and Palestinians? Or is the apparent symmetry a tool so the film is more effective to a wide audience?
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5 Ways Our New President Can Foster Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Whoever the next president is, he or she can improve things in the Middle East — but that starts with rethinking America’s role there, Aviva Klompas argues.
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Why Ari Shavit’s Fall From Grace Stings for So Many American Jews
Gabe Friedman explains why Ari Shavit’s fall from grace hit American liberal Zionists especially hard.
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Ari Shavit Is the Least Interesting Part of the Ari Shavit Scandal
The real story is about how courageous women and men are changing the norms of our culture in Israel and beyond, Eetta Prince-Gibson writes.
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