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March 15, 2016

Responding to British Marxists’ “Papal Edict” against Israel

Advocating war rather than peace.

In December, the British journal the New Left Review published a piece by its long-time editor Perry Anderson entitled “House of Zion,” calling for the destruction of Israel. Given the publication’s influence on the Western left, the article amounted to “the Marxist equivalent of a papal edict,” in the words of the editors of Fathom. Michael Walzer notes its author’s sympathy for violence and contempt for those who desire peace:

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March 15, 2016

  1. Can Terrorists Be “Deradicalized”?

    Can we trust German social scientists to cure jihadists?

  2. Hopelessness and Disdain: The President’s View of the Arabs

    And his satisfaction at turning a blind eye to mass murder.

  3. Responding to British Marxists’ “Papal Edict” against Israel

    Advocating war rather than peace.

  4. An Ultra-Orthodox Woman Reflects on Judaism and Sexuality

    Circle, Arrow, Spiral.

  5. A Hiker Discovers a Rare Roman Coin in the Galilee

    Possibly from the suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt.