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September 9, 2015

John Kerry’s Passion for Appeasement

"Chamberlain’s claims were actually more modest than Kerry’s."

In a speech last week extolling the nuclear deal with Iran, the American secretary of state used the words “Israel” and “Israeli” a total of 26 times. To Rick Richman, he seemed to be “protesting a bit too much about his concern for the ally put at existential risk” by the agreement. Richman also notes some striking similarities between Kerry’s speech and Neville Chamberlain’s defense before the British parliament of the 1938 Munich agreement with Hitler—though Chamberlain emerges favorably from the comparison:

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September 9, 2015

  1. The Moscow-Damascus Axis, and What It Means for Jerusalem

    What of reports that Putin is sending troops to Syria?

  2. For Jeremy Corbyn, Israel Is Uniquely Wicked among the Nations

    "Abhorrence for a person’s views should not stop conversation" unless "the person happens to be Israeli."

  3. A Great Jewish Historian’s Bibliomania

    The man who brought Jewish history to the American academy tells the story of his library.

  4. John Kerry’s Passion for Appeasement

    "Chamberlain’s claims were actually more modest than Kerry’s."

  5. A Lost Yiddish Operetta Returns to the Stage

    The Golden Bride, which premiered in 1923, will be revived.