In the midst of war, Saleem Shalash and Boutros Youssef’s faith has led them to provide aid to their neighbors.
Peter Beinart’s ‘Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza’ Expertly Dismantles Pro-Israel Propaganda — But Does it Adequately Reckon with the Genocide?
The ambitious intentions of Peter Beinart’s new book are evident from the title: Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning. Responding to the current moment, Beinart has written nothing short of a spiritual manifesto for the future of Judaism….
Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza, countering Trump’s call to depopulate the territory
Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the U.S. can take it over.
Trump’s plan to fight antisemitism is more authoritarianism
It is a documented fact that antisemitism is on the rise not only in the United States but globally. Donald Trump has a plan to fight this: Deport university students. Amid the flurry of executive orders flying out of the…
Pro-Trump Arab American group changes its name after the president’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ comments
A group that played a key role in Donald Trump’s voter outreach to the Arab American community alongside his allies is rebranding itself after the president said that the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip.
Evangelical leaders appear to have no comment on Trump’s plan to take over Gaza
This article was updated Feb. 6 to include comments from the Keep God’s Land coalition. Christian leaders were noticeably silent Tuesday as President Donald Trump shocked the world by proposing the United States “take over” Gaza and expel all…
Ceasefires in the Middle East: A Beginning, Not the End
As the first month of 2025 passes, the geo-political shape of the Middle East continues to change and develop.
In his new book, Peter Beinart begs American Jews: ‘Don’t look away’
Journalist Peter Beinart is one of the American Jewish community’s foremost critics of Israel, admired and followed by many on the Jewish left and reviled by those on the right.
Assessing the Israel-Hamas Peace Deal: Amid Tragedy, Cautious Optimism
After 15 months of war and failed negotiations, Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to pause fighting and to begin exchanging hostages imprisoned in Gaza for Palestinians in Israeli jails.
For many Israelis, prospect of hostage release is tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists
Oct. 18, 2011, was a landmark day in Israeli history. Five years after he was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released from captivity in Gaza and photographed in uniform saluting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in what…
Of meth sermons and puke dust
I call it “puke dust.” Remember what happened in elementary school when a kid puked in the hall? So it could be absorbed and swept up, a custodian would come and pour that green sawdust-looking stuff upon the putrid puddle….
Heritage Foundation antisemitism effort recycles conspiracy theories
Project Esther, the Heritage Foundation’s campaign to battle antisemitism, plans to target Wikipedia editors it claims fuel anti-Jewish hostility. But Project Esther’s own rhetoric about battling powerful Jewish “masterminds” reinforces centuries-old conspiracy theories about Jews who have too much power…