Illiberal leaders, by inclination and also in hopes of avoiding the slammer
Israel-Palestine
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Altercation: Here’s What’s Really Behind the News
Some serious scholarship (and some Springsteen and Sinatra)
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Altercation: The American—and Jewish—Divide Over Israel
My new book analyzes the 55-year-old rift, now grown to a chasm, in which the right’s remaking of and romance with Israel has detached young U.S. Jews from organized Judaism.
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Democracy in America and Israel
Today on TAP: What will it take to hold onto it? The parallels and cross-influences are ominous.
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AIPAC Echoes Republicans’ Crime Messaging in Pennsylvania
After failing to stop Democrat Summer Lee’s primary bid, the pro-Israel group is now helping Republicans put the seat into play.
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Altercation: Who Are the Real Antisemites?
The actual hatred and the actual threat festers on the right.
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The GOP Gentiles Judging Jews
Today on TAP: At a moment of resurgent antisemitism, how did Donald Trump and Doug Mastriano become authorities on who’s really Jewish?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Renewed Iran Nuclear Deal on Life Support
America and Iran should get the deal done despite obstacles, but the influence of Israel and Saudi Arabia continues to undermine American national interest.
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AIPAC Has Taken Over the Democratic Primary Process
What will it take for Democratic leadership to cry foul?
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Altercation: New York Times Headline Whitewashes Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing
America’s most influential news source bends over backward to shade the truth about the bullet that killed the beloved Palestinian American journalist.