Extradition to the U.S. Can Ensure That Released Palestinian Prisoners Don’t Return to Terror
Fixing the biggest problem with the hostage deal.
February 3, 2025
The Jewish Journalist Who Gave Emil Zola the Idea for “J’accuse”
Bernard Lazare.
The French novelist Emile Zola’s “J’accuse,” with the title repeated forcefully in the climactic passage, may be, as Lauren Gottlieb Lockshin has it, one of the most influential newspaper articles in modern history. Published in 1898, the essay asserted that Captain Alfred Dreyfus had been deliberately framed on charges of espionage, and that those responsible for framing him whipped up anti-Semitism to help make the charges stick. Lockshin notes that Zola’s argument, or even his most famous formulation, wasn’t entirely original:
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Where Israel and the U.S. Diverge about the Future of Gaza
Tomorrow’s agenda for Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump.
A Middle East Policy for the Trump Administration
Acknowledge the truth about Lebanon, keep bad actors out of Gaza, and kick Qatar to the curb.
The Jewish Journalist Who Gave Emil Zola the Idea for “J’accuse”
Bernard Lazare.
Without Political Authority or Miracles, Amos Used Language to Win Over the Hearts of Israel
“But let justice run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”