How Israel Stopped Iran from Attacking Its Cities with Drones
A major escalation in an ongoing war.
August 26, 2019
Fabricating Palestinian History
An anti-imperialist with a soft spot for Islamic imperialism.
A book titled Palestine: A Four-Thousand-Year History, which seeks to trace modern Palestinian identity back many centuries before the oldest parts of the Hebrew Bible were composed, might be dismissed out of hand as a work of quackery. But the author, Nur Masalha, has a doctorate from a British university and a post at London’s prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies. In a careful review, Alex Stein takes apart the book’s various distortions, half-truths, cherry-picking of evidence, insinuations, and logical leaps, of which a few examples suffice:
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Fabricating Palestinian History
An anti-imperialist with a soft spot for Islamic imperialism.
A New Kind of Jewish High School Seeks to Bring Together the Best of Both Jerusalem and Athens
If traditional schools are going to teach secular subjects, it makes sense to teach them traditionally
Anti-Semites’ New Online Strategy: Impersonating Jews to Sow Division
“You have the benefit of labeling anyone an anti-Semite who disagrees with you. Use this to your advantage.”
An Ancient Moabite Altar Sheds Light on a Biblical War
The conquest of Atarot.