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July 15, 2022

Joe Biden Shouldn’t Object to Israeli Officials Accompanying Him to a Palestinian Hospital

An implicit denial of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem.

Today, President Biden is expected to visit the Augusta Victoria hospital in eastern Jerusalem, which since 1948 has provided healthcare to Palestinians under the auspices of the Lutheran World Federation. Israeli officials had wished to accompany the president, but his team denied the request. To Robert Silverman, this was an “ill-considered” decision:

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July 15, 2022

  1. Joe Biden Shouldn’t Object to Israeli Officials Accompanying Him to a Palestinian Hospital

    An implicit denial of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem.

  2. The U.S. Should Encourage Saudi Arabia’s Rush to Modernity

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    Quotidian piety.

  4. Why the Ancient Rabbis Compared Moses to Balaam

    The ethical purpose of making a despised figure into a great prophet.

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