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When Israel acts badly, I can’t condone it
Recent violence got so bad that in a highly unusual move, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu issued a public denunciation of the “criminal acts.”
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The fantasy of recognizing a nonexistent state
Good intentions lead to bad policy
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Why the Gaza death rate is so high
After the U.S. had gained its footing and was fighting back in WWII, no one was sitting in the back seat telling America to knock it off because German or Japanese, or even French civilians, were dying.
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Guest essay: Israel’s right to exist, where it is
By Jerome Verlin “The Squad” just did grassroots American Jews a favor by introducing House Resolution 1123, “Recognizing the Nakba and Palestinian Refugee Rights.” [”Nakba” means “catastrophe” in reference to the Jewish state.] In branding Israel’s 1948 independence an unjust “catastrophe for Palestinians” and demanding a “Right of Return”