Trump parrots anti-Semitic tropes while purporting to protect Jewish AmericansThe new definition of anti-Semitism includes “denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination.” Telling Jews by executive order what their “national origin” is constitutes exactly such a denial ( Read more... )

‘Appalled’ by Israel’s Election

What can I say? Israelis made their choice. But I can’t identify with an ethnonationalist state that explicitly denigrates its non-Jewish citizens.

In the Mideast, Points of Contention

Re “Nudge on Arms Further Divides U.S. and Israel” (Diplomatic Memo, front page, July 4 ( Read more... )

Assessing Blame for Conflicts in Gaza and Georgia

Re ''War Report Said to Fault Both Russia and Georgia'' (news article, Sept. 29 ( Read more... )

An Afghan Tragedy

Regarding Roger Cohen's ''Israel cries wolf'' (Globalist, April 9): To say that Iran's leaders ''kept its country at peace in the 21st century while bloody mayhem engulfed neighbors to east and west and Israel fought two wars'' is disingenuous given Iran's material support of Israel's opponents in both wars. If a terrorist group ( Read more... )

In Search of Another Route to Mideast Peace

Re: ''Obama's Long Shot for Peace'' (column, Feb. 1 ( Read more... )

A Palestinian Path

Re “Abbas Threatens to Dismiss Hamas Government” (news article, Oct. 18 ( Read more... )

Supporting Israel

Re "Anti-U.S. Feeling Leaves Arab Reformers Isolated" (article, August 9), describing the problems that the U.S. faces today for supporting Israel ( Read more... )

The Two Sides Of Israel's BarrierThe Israeli wall is like stitches on a wound -- a painful, foreign and disfiguring presence that is nevertheless necessary to make the wound heal ( Read more... )

What Motivates Suicide Bombers?There are many ways to achieve dignity. You can invent things and take pride in your inventions. Or you can dominate others by force and feel temporarily superior. Which of these ways is most glorified by our culture ( Read more... )