Long gone are the Soviet documents that classified my father’s nationality as “Jew.” In America, I found another kind of othering - this time within my own community.
The West hears are other words: freedom, justice, liberation, resistance, human rights. Words it knows, loves, and has built its moral identity around. A mind doesn't check where a word comes from.
The ADA established a decisive policy against disability discrimination; it’s high time Israel does the same.
By ignoring the threat that Hamas posed to Israel, Hamid was free to accuse Israel of using excessive violence and committing war crimes in its war against Hamas.
The Kurdish-Jewish relationship is rooted in history and shared interests, offering Israel a strategic partnership in the Middle East.
As the Islamic Republic comes under growing military, economic, and domestic pressure, Israel faces a broader question than how far it can weaken Tehran: does it want to weaken the regime or Iran?
Israel is telling Britain that hostile action against Israel will carry a direct price.
Democracies place limits on majority rule not to thwart the will of the people but to preserve the system through which it is expressed. Term limits are one example.
Standing at the UN podium vilifying Israel, King Abdullah might have borne in mind the adage: “People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”
The Israeli public changed profoundly because of October 7. We understood that what we had previously regarded as a distant or manageable nuisance could become an existential danger.
Sherman is worried about Israel’s image, about what the CNN polling numbers mean for the US military aid and the weapons access Israel gains, and the diplomatic support Israel relies on.
