Category Archives: Israel

Tribalism Vs Universalism Among Jews

Professor Michael Barnett says: “From the 1850s through the 1967 war, American Jewish institutions that were involved in foreign policy making had a strong universal orientation, especially to the extent that they were concerned about being identified with the extremes … Continue reading

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Shmuel Rosner: Singling out Israel ensures Sanders will not be the next U.S. president

Why should a candidate’s approach to Israel determine whether or not he become’s America’s president? To argue that is to argue that the Israel Lobby has a stranglehold on America’s politics. Surely that can’t be right? Jews are only 1.7% … Continue reading

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Is Sharp Turn to Right Planting ‘Seeds of Fascism’ in Israel?

Forward: A military affairs commentator interrupts his broadcast to deliver a monolog: I’m alarmed by what’s happening in Israel, he says, I think my children should leave. Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak warns of “the seeds of fascism.” Moshe Arens, … Continue reading

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How Eli Lake tricks readers so as to cast realists Walt, Mearsheimer and Freeman as anti-semites

Yakov Hirsch writes: Let’s read this Bloomberg story about the Koch Institute in Washington hosting Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer at an event on the future of foreign policy today. “Koch Brothers Give a Megaphone to the anti-Israel Fringe.” On … Continue reading

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America Should Follow Israel’s Example

Haaretz in 2013: The state plans to cease issuing birth certificates to children of foreigners born in Israel, thereby depriving them of any official government document confirming their birth. The lack of such a document could cause serious problems later … Continue reading

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