To the Anti-Semite, Jews Aren’t Just One Problem among Many, but the Source of All Problems
Blood libels, old and new.
October 6, 2022
American Diplomats Know the Truth about the Palestinian Authority, but Won’t Act on It
Mahmoud Abbas’s rhetoric about a two-state solution is only lip service.
Addressing the recent gathering of the United Nations, the Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid endorsed a two-state solution, winning praise from America’s ambassador to the UN and stirring controversy in Israel. As Ben Cohen observes, the U.S. representative reacted far more coolly to the speech delivered by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president—which consisted of predictable denunciations of imagined Israeli crimes. This coolness may reflect a realistic appraisal of Abbas’s character, but, Cohen argues, not one that is likely to get any explicit acknowledgment:
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American Diplomats Know the Truth about the Palestinian Authority, but Won’t Act on It
Mahmoud Abbas’s rhetoric about a two-state solution is only lip service.
The Two Presidents Who Examined Their Evil Deeds and Turned Away from Them
U.S. Grant, Chester Arthur, and Yom Kippur.
The Musical and Religious Poetry of Israel of Najara
The author of Yah Ribbon and his many influences.
What Today’s Academic Scholars Can Learn from Their Precursors
Talmudic medicine and bad research.