The Secretary of State’s Perverse Equivalence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
On the one hand, a spate of murders; on the other, Jews living where the Biden administration believes they shouldn’t be.
April 8, 2022
The Israeli Government Lost Its Majority. What Next?
More political instability at the Knesset.
On Wednesday, the Israeli parliamentarian Idit Silman, a member of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s Yamina party, quit the governing coalition, which rested on a razor-thin 61-seat majority (out of 120 total). Her defection—ostensibly over regulations regarding Passover observance—highlights the fragility of the current government, which brought together several disparate parties from across the political spectrum, united only in their desire to unseat Bennett’s predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu. Zev Chafets explains:
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The Israeli Government Lost Its Majority. What Next?
More political instability at the Knesset.
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Record on Israel and Religion
Two rulings speak well of the new Supreme Court justice’s attitudes.
Some Modern, and Biblical, Reflections on Gossip and Leprosy
Beware the Teflon gossip.
How the 1950 Census Results Might Contribute to Understanding American Jewish History
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