Islamic State’s Defeat Doesn’t Mean Victory for the U.S.
Fighting terror and containing the Iran-Russia alliance.
July 12, 2017
Will Avi Gabbay Lead Israel’s Labor Party to a Comeback?
A businessman and child of Moroccan immigrants is a sharp break from the socialist past.
On Monday, Avi Gabbay—a former telecommunications executive—won the race to be the new head of Israel’s Labor party, meaning that he would be prime minister in the event of an electoral victory for his party. A relative newcomer to politics, Gabbay only recently joined Labor, after spending a few years in the center-right Kulanu party and briefly serving as Benjamin Netanyahu’s environmental-protection minister. Michael Koplow explains the significance of Gabbay’s election:
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The Anti-Defamation League Seems Unable to Come to Terms with Left-Wing Anti-Semitism
Betraying its mission.
Will Avi Gabbay Lead Israel’s Labor Party to a Comeback?
A businessman and child of Moroccan immigrants is a sharp break from the socialist past.
S.Y. Agnon’s Tribute to the Martyrs of His Hometown
He positions himself not as a subtly ironic modernist but as a humble, heartbroken preserver of memory.
Archaeological Clues for Delineating the Borders of Ancient Judah
Pillar figurines and rosette stamps confirm the biblical account.