The Magnes Zionist

Self-Criticism from an Israeli, American, and Orthodox Jewish Perspective

Saturday, August 28, 2010

A Must-Read Analysis of American Policy in the Middle East

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How would the Obama's administration Middle East policy look different if they had left Dennis Ross and Dan Shapiro out, and brought Rob...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Five Reasons Why Barbara Slavin’s Cautious Optimism is Misplaced

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A very good example of what is fundamentally wrong about how Americans view the Israel/Palestinian Conflict is provided by Barbara Slavin he...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Israel Convicts Another Palestinian Gandhi

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So what were the charges against Abdallah Abu Rahmah, the internationally-known organizer of the Bil'in protest, that stuck? Exonerated ...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Islamophobia as the New Antisemitism

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Daniel Luban has written a timely and well-researched article in Tablet on what he calls, the "New Antisemitism," the anti-Islam...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back Into the Water

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Note to Gaza Flotilla activists: you may be able to buy your IDF impounded laptop on Ebay if you're lucky. Ynet has a lengthy expose in ...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Move Over Eden Abergil. New Facebook “Souvenir Pictures” of Bound Palestinian Civilians

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Update: Ynet has now published the story with the pictures (blurred, unlike the ones you will find here) Second Update: At the request...
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Israel’s Useful Idiots (?) in the US Media

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Who needs AIPAC when all it takes is a few interviews with Israeli "sources" to scare the hell out of the Jews -- courtesy of Isra...
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

On Tony Judt, of Blessed Memory

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Yesterday, Tony Judt, one of America's most distinguished historians, was vanquished by the disease that had been atrophying his muscles...
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Monday, August 2, 2010

Should Universities Discipline Faculty Members for Calling for an Academic Boycott of Their Own Institution?

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Recently, Gideon, Sa'ar, the Israeli Minister of Education , Moshe Kaveh, the President of Bar Ilan University , and Amnon Rubinstein, ...
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Saturday, July 31, 2010

The ADL’s Selective Sensitivity to “Sensitivities”

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The Anti Defamation League has been pummeled by nearly everybody, including the liberal hawk Jonathan Chait in the New Republic and Je...
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

What Do the Palestinians Really Want?

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What do the Palestinians really want? I get asked that question a lot. Actually, I get the answer a lot, not from Palestinians, but usually ...
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Avrum Burg’s New Party-Concept

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Political parties in Israel usually crop up prior to elections, and then the parties are launched with a press-conference in which principle...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The Company I Keep

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I have tried very hard in my blog not to go after bloggers on the right side of the aisle. Needless to say, there are a lot of people out th...
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IDF’s Report to the UN: We Didn’t Do Anything Wrong, But We Will Try Hard Not to Do It Next Time

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The above title basically sums up the response of the IDF to the United Nations Human Rights Council and the UN, which you can read here . ...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Nine Reasons for Fasting on the Ninth of Av

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Haaretz writer Anshel Pfeffer argues here that it is "wrong" for a Jew today to fast on the Ninth of Av (Tisha b'Av). He cla...
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Jeremiah (Jerry) Haber is the nom de plume of Charles H. Manekin, an orthodox Jewish studies and philosophy professor, who divides his time between Israel and the US.
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