Refugees, the Holocaust, and the Danger of Illiterate and Partisan Analogies
Hitler, not FDR, caused the Holocaust. American isolationism, not refugee policy, helped him do it.
January 30, 2017
A New Strategy for the Israel-Palestinian Conflict: Tell the Truth
Forcing Palestinians to acknowledge Israel’s historical claim to the land would provide them with an honorable basis for compromise.
For decades, the American government has implicitly and explicitly adopted the Arab narrative about the Palestinians. Thus, ranking U.S. officials have spoken as if Jews and Palestinians have equal claim to Jerusalem, refused to admit that west Jerusalem is Israel’s capital (or even part of Israel), pretended that the “right of return” of Palestinian “refugees” (really the descendants of refugees) is seriously up for negotiation, and acted as if Palestinian society or its leadership is sincerely interested in peace. Max Singer argues that Washington can do much good by insisting on the truth:
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The Trump Administration’s Holocaust without Jews
The idea that Jews have somehow made unfair “use” of the Holocaust.
A New Strategy for the Israel-Palestinian Conflict: Tell the Truth
Forcing Palestinians to acknowledge Israel’s historical claim to the land would provide them with an honorable basis for compromise.
A Personal Reflection on Jewish Devotees of Psychoanalysis—and of Radical Leftism
The Jewish itch to believe in universal substitutes for Judaism.
Who Is Carrying the Menorah on the Arch of Titus?
Romans, not Jews.