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President Biden’s speech last night wasn’t his finest hour. He had a chance to strike a note of reconciliation, mutual understanding, and peace. He didn’t. He did the opposite. In turning the current struggle between Israel and Hamas into another…
We should look carefully at the context of the present bloodletting in Gaza and Israel, understanding that context matters insofar as it provides a fuller understanding of the background, underlying causes of the present fighting, and a path to a…
Just as the people of Israel shouldn’t be conflated with Netanyahu and his government, the people of Gaza shouldn’t be conflated with Hamas. Without making such a separation, one can end up in strange and reactionary places politically. Haven’t we…
I didn’t agree with the demonstrators on college campuses last week who appeared indifferent to the wanton slaughter of innocent Israelis by Hamas. But the way for university administrators to address this isn’t by constructing blacklists and imposing harsh administrative…
With every bomb exploding in Gaza, Israel is quickly losing (or has lost) any high moral ground that it might have had.