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Jewish men praying for forgivness (Selichot), at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, early on September 16, 2022, prior to the upcoming Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana. Photo: Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90

The battle of the Zionisms

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The Palestinians have taken the old adage, “If you can’t beat them, join them” and expanded it to “If you can’t beat them, copy them, and then try to beat them.” Muslim armies conquered the...
View of the unauthorized outpost of Homesh, in the West Bank, on Nov. 17, 2022. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

I’m deeply troubled that the State Department is deeply troubled

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The U.S. State Department says it is “deeply troubled” that the Israeli government has lifted a ban on Jews living in the community of Homesh. Well, I’m deeply troubled that the State Department is...
Israeli model and TV host Galit Gutman hosts the “Israel Calling” concert on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on April 10, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

‘Bloodsuckers’ slur is at the heart of the Israel’s political turmoil

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Political arguments are always clarified when people speak aloud the quiet part of their argument that usually goes unsaid. Such a moment was reached last week on Israeli television when as part of a...
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Twitter.

Turkish voters prefer Erdoğan’s faults

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It turns out the reports on the impending end of the Erdoğan era were greatly exaggerated. Those who were hoping for a crushing defeat of the Turkish president in last week’s election had their...
Yoram Hazony, president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem, speaking at the European National Conservatism Conference in March 2022. Credit: Courtesy.

The weaponization of antisemitism against conservatives

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A conference held in London this week was subjected to an extraordinary onslaught on social and mainstream media from people who weaponized antisemitism against it. The conference was on National Conservatism, a concept developed by...
George Soros, the Hungarian-born American billionaire, investor and philanthropist, speaks during a political and financial meeting in Italy in 2014. Credit: Giacomo Morinini/Shutterstock

Soros, antisemitism and the progressive assault on language

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One of the key characteristics of our difficult times is the way in which the progressive left has hijacked language. Among other things, progressives have seized the language of bigotry to demonize non-progressives as...
Israeli police officers stand guard in the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Oct. 7, 2007. Photo by Michal Fattal/Flash90.

Jerusalem forever, inside and out

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Fifty-six years ago tomorrow, during the Six-Day War, Israel reclaimed the Old City of Jerusalem after fierce fighting against the Jordanian army. Israel appealed to Jordan to stay out of the war, but God...
U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, attend and give remark to guests of the Jewish community in celebration of Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 30, 2022. Credit: White House Photo.

Joe Biden’s empty words about antisemitism

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For those who think what Jews need is more official recognition of their heritage, it was a great afternoon. The White House celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month was a star-studded affair with the president, the...
IDF tanks stationed near the Israel-Gaza border on March 26, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The Gaza Strip and learning to live with insoluble problems

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Upon its conclusion, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rightly lauded the Israel Defense Forces for its brilliant work during “Operation Shield and Arrow.” The five-day campaign exacted a heavy toll on the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...
Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt

This is a case for the US antisemitism envoy

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It’s one thing when an antisemite makes an ugly speech on a street corner or an antisemitic conspiracy theorist spouts his hate in some dark corner of the Internet. But what happens when the...