Israel, Unacknowledged, Guarantees the West Bank’s Security
There’s only one way Palestinians can exist as a non-Islamist polity.
January 11, 2017
Al-Jazeera Feeds Anti-Semitism to Britain, Whose Media Lap It Up
An Israeli official’s bar-room chatter isn’t a “plot.”
A few days ago, a video clip showed Shai Masot, a low-level official at Israel’s embassy in London, sharing a drink with an aide to a British minister. In the clip, recorded surreptitiously by an undercover Al Jazeera reporter, Masot asks for help in trying to “take down” Britain’s deputy foreign minister. In the resultant full-blown scandal, the Israeli embassy has apologized and fired Masot; his interlocutor has lost her job; and the shadow foreign minister has called the incident a “national-security issue.” Brendan O’Neill takes the British media and politicians to task for their overwrought reactions:
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Al-Jazeera Feeds Anti-Semitism to Britain, Whose Media Lap It Up
An Israeli official’s bar-room chatter isn’t a “plot.”
A Boycott of Lebanon for Defying the Security Council? Unlikely
Only Israel can expect consequences for ignoring the body.
Do Jewish Jokes Have to Be about Jews to Be Funny?
Reflections on Jewish humor.
What an Ancient City’s Second Gate Tells Us about Biblical Israel
Larger and more advanced than previously thought.