The Syrian Civil War and Israeli Security
A choice among Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and the Syria-Iran-Hizballah alliance.
January 11, 2016
No, the Israeli Government Isn’t Banning Books from High Schools
It’s the left that wants to repress dissent.
Two weeks ago, the left-leaning Israeli media and professoriate raised a hue and cry over an alleged government decision to “ban” from schools the novel Borderlife, whose plot revolves around a romance between an Israeli and a Palestinian. As Liel Leibovitz points out, nothing like a “ban” was issued; the only decision was not to include the book on a list of works required for all students taking the nation-wide matriculation exam: a list that already includes multiple novels about love between Jews and Gentiles (both Arab and European). The real root of the controversy, writes Leibovitz, is the left’s desire to impose its views:
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No, the Israeli Government Isn’t Banning Books from High Schools
It’s the left that wants to repress dissent.
Is a Talmudic Sensibility the Key to Interpreting Spinoza?
A tale of three former yeshiva students.
To Explain the EU’s Hostility toward Israel, Look to Its Unelected Bureaucrats
Labeling “settlement products” is just the tip of the iceberg.
A Biblical-Era Farmstead Discovered
Along with a Byzantine church.