Understanding the U.S. Position on Settlements—and the Twin Political Crises of America and Israel
Insights from Mike Pompeo’s former adviser on Israel policy.
February 4, 2021
What Andrew Yang Gets Right about BDS and Anti-Semitism
Boycotts of Israel really are about the Jews.
It has been remarked that New York City is the only American municipality with a foreign policy, and perhaps for that reason the mayoral candidate Andrew Yang mentioned his attitude toward the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel (BDS) in an article he wrote for a Jewish newspaper outlining his “vision” for the local Jewish community. Therein he pledged that if elected he would “push back against the BDS movement,” which, he added, is “rooted in anti-Semitic thought and history, hearkening back to fascist boycotts of Jewish businesses.” The statement drew outrage from the usual quarters. Stephen Norwood and Rafael Medoff defend it:
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The Bitter Legacy of Syrian Dominance Lives on in Lebanon’s Present Woes
The other “occupation.”
What Andrew Yang Gets Right about BDS and Anti-Semitism
Boycotts of Israel really are about the Jews.
What Is Jewish Literature, Anyway?
Finding the thread that connects Franz Kafka, Amos Oz, Saul Bellow, and Cynthia Ozick.
The Two Men Who Helped Revive Orthodox Jewish Thought in America
The Fox and the Lamm.