European Aid to the Middle East Is Shaped by a Political Agenda
An agenda that includes hostility toward Israel.
February 18, 2019
Morality, Not Money, Is Behind U.S. Support for Israel
It’s not about the Benjamins.
Last week, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar caused a stir by repeating the canard that Jews—specifically, the American Israel Political Affair Committee (AIPAC)—use financial influence to manipulate U.S. policy regarding Israel. There is nothing new about this accusation, which was expanded into book form by Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer in 2007. Not only is it factually untrue—AIPAC doesn’t even make donations to candidates—but it is based on a misunderstanding of the roots of the U.S.-Israel relationship, as David French writes:
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Morality, Not Money, Is Behind U.S. Support for Israel
It’s not about the Benjamins.
The Enduring Legacy of Iran’s Call for Salman Rushdie’s Death
From the Danish cartoon to widespread self-censorship.
How the Talmud Anticipated Behavioral Economics
From ancient tort laws to modern Israeli psychologists.
Orthodox Rabbis Debate New York State’s New Abortion Law
An expansion of freedom to follow halakhah, or a license to kill?