Israel’s Maddening Electoral System Deserves Credit for Holding the Country Together
Forcing the tribes to compromise.
June 28, 2019
Caught Between the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia, Arab Jerusalem Goes Its Own Way
Both Riyadh and Ramallah may be encouraging the Arabs of eastern Jerusalem to choose Israel.
Recently, public institutions—including hospitals—in eastern Jerusalem have reported that they have stopped receiving funding from the Palestinian Authority (PA). Meanwhile, Al-Quds University, a Jerusalem-based Palestinian institution, split with the PA by applying to join the Israel’s Council for Higher Education. Pinḥas Inbari explains that these developments suggest that Arab Jerusalemites—whose legal status is intermediate between that of Palestinians and that of Arab Israelis—increasingly see themselves as distinct from West Bank Palestinians:
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The U.S. Should Stand Up for Religious Freedom in China
Where the real concentration camps are.
Caught Between the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia, Arab Jerusalem Goes Its Own Way
Both Riyadh and Ramallah may be encouraging the Arabs of eastern Jerusalem to choose Israel.
Delmore Schwartz’s American Jewish Modernism
“In Dreams Begin Responsibilities.”
For Hitler, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Capitalism, and Anti-Americanism Were All Connected
Two new biographies suggest a warning for today.