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The ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda battalion, based in the West Bank, has become a byword for insubordination, lawlessness and racist violence against Palestinians. And that’s not…
When a Scarsdale, N.Y. synagogue fired an educator who accused Israel of genocide and U.S. Jews of enabling violent racism at home, Beinart and others…
An Israeli strike against Iran could trigger normalization with Saudi Arabia. But that’s just one part of the far more precarious Middle East such an…
When a brand-new art museum censored an ‘offensive’ painting, it was not just about Israel normalizing intolerance, or the rightwing witch-hunt against ‘controversial’ work. It’s…
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Russia’s intervention in Syria put it on the map; it had asserted itself as a global military and diplomatic player and sent an important message,…
Amid the soaring tensions, there is an unlikely point of congruence between Russia and Ukraine: Admiration for Israel, as the paradigmatic example of a modern…
Learning the long menu of potential sparks for the next Israeli-Palestinian escalation – from Sheikh Jarrah to spiking food prices, Hamas to Homesh – is…
From food shortages to stalled start-ups, Lebanese civil unrest to an Iranian nuclear coup, these are the ‘ten plagues’ facing Israel if Russia chooses large-scale…
Over the last seven years, India-Israel relations have warmed up faster than the six preceding decades, thanks to a propitious mix of ideology, pragmatism and…
The next leader for the radicalizing far right Alternative for Germany is likely to be a Third Reich revisionist whom German intelligence considers a threat…
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‘In Kenya, I bought you. You will do what I want.’ Riyadh formally abolished slavery in 1962, but migrant workers, especially women, offer shocking testimony…
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Whoopi Goldberg tied herself in knots trying to explain that Nazi Germany’s industrial extermination of Jews wasn’t ‘about race.’ But her suspension is unfair: Defining…
The Ukraine crisis is a no-win situation for Israel, caught between America and Russia. But the impact of the crisis on Israel’s national security goes…
A dead activist, a detained child, a demolished home: Just another day in Israel’s arrogant, immoral efforts to erase Palestinian identity, life and dignity Source:…
Vladimir Putin is a bully and a despot: Appeasing him overtly is certainly wrong. But Russia must be handled with cleverness and care and NATO,…