Anti-populism vs Israel
The rise of an anti-populist narrative among western elites helps explain the growing animosity to Israel and divisions within the Jewish state
Israel
109 postsDevelopments in Israel and the discussion of Israel in the outside world
Omer Bartov is whitewashing Israel’s enemies
Israel: What Went Wrong downplays the threats of Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran to serve a familiar anti-Israel narrative.
Sam Harris makes mistakes
The best-selling author is a staunch defender of Israel but fails to understand the challenges it faces or the nature of the debate around it
Why Trump always chickens out
While Islamists have a clear sense that they are fighting a civilisational war the West is unsure about what it stands for
Defending Israel’s existence
It is more vital than ever to defend Israel’s right to self-determination
Transcending Jerusalem’s divisions
A public college in central Jerusalem is taking up the formidable challenge of providing a high-level vocational education to all the city’s hugely diverse communities
The fallacies of anti-Zionism
On the fundamentally flawed autobiography of a leading Israeli politician turned anti-Zionist
Explaining media bias against Israel
Contemporary media bias against Israel is driven by identity politics
Anti-Zionism is far worse than a hate movement
It is woefully inadequate to describe anti-Zionism as a hate movement
The battle against anti-Zionism
Anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism
The counter-Holocaust industry
Norman Finkelstein’s work is part of a sustained anti-Zionist offensive to distort the memory of the Holocaust
The enemy within
The anti-Israel movement is cynically putting Jewish anti-Zionist activists to the fore while dismissing the majority Jewish view
The canary in the coal mine
Anti-Semitism is the 'canary in the coal mine' because at troubled times Jews often come to symbolise the supposed evils of modernity