Gaza

The Barbarian Evasions

Hamas’s progressive apologists seek self-justification in the moral incoherence of relativistic absolutism.

David A. Eisenberg 9 Nov 2023 · 4 min read

Muslim Antisemitism and the Western Left

The pro-Hamas demonstrations are driven by the identification of Israel with “colonialism” and the idea that the Palestinians are anti-colonialists. This approach is based on ignorance.

Benny Morris 7 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

A Generation of Misguided Policy in Israel

For more than a generation, defence policy and much else has been increasingly determined by the dictates of Israel’s religious settler lobby and its Messianic visions.

Michael Ben-Gad 5 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

Faking Hope: AI Art as Propaganda

There is a new contender for the most effective weapon in the propaganda wars: photorealistic, generative AI art.

Julia Friedman 3 Nov 2023 · 8 min read

Whose Genocide Is It Anyway?

The libel that Israel is engaged in genocide attempts to do the unthinkable—to link the Jewish state with Nazi Germany. This cynical calculus is as wrong as it is obscene.

Zachary R. Goldsmith 2 Nov 2023 · 11 min read

Queers for Palestine: Identity Politics at Its Most Absurd

In Palestine, they’d be killed.

Armin Navabi 2 Nov 2023 · 7 min read

Dead Civilians and the Allocation of Blame

Sometimes, we simply have to stop the bad guys—even at the cost of civilian casualties.

David Bernstein 28 Oct 2023 · 8 min read

You Can Be Pro-Palestinian or Pro-Hamas. You Can't Be Both.

Make no mistake: dead Israelis are good for Hamas, but dead Palestinians are even better.

Ali A. Rizvi 28 Oct 2023 · 8 min read

Failing the Hamas Litmus Test

The inflammatory Al-Ahli hospital hoax shows that much of the Western media remains compulsively addicted to dangerous and self-defeating war journalism.

Richard Landes 25 Oct 2023 · 13 min read