Hamas Has Failed to Rally Palestinians and Israeli Arabs to Its Cause
Reports of the death of coexistence have been greatly exaggerated.
May 21, 2021
The Iranian Role in Stoking Anti-Semitism in the West
Why “Hitler was right” and “Death to Israel” trended on Twitter.
As was the case in 2014, Hamas’s decision to fire hundreds of rockets at Israeli civilians has inspired both verbal and physical attacks on Jews across the world, including on the streets of Manhattan and at a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles. Accompanying, and likely inciting, these anti-Semitic outbursts has been a great deal of vicious rhetoric on social media. Researchers who study the spread of such rhetoric have traced much of it to Iran—which also supplies Hamas with weapons and funds. Michael Ruiz reports:
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The Democratic Party’s “Structural Anti-Semites”
Those who complain about structural racism won’t apply the concept to the Jewish state.
The Iranian Role in Stoking Anti-Semitism in the West
Why “Hitler was right” and “Death to Israel” trended on Twitter.
How a Greek Tale of Christian Martyrdom Found Its Way into an Egyptian Synagogue
Saint Plato, the palimpsest, and the piyyutim.
How One of Judaism’s Oldest Prayers Is Meant to Turn People into Conduits for Divine Love
The priestly benediction.