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Jun 9, 2018, 1:50 AM

Feeding Palestinian illusions

The international community needs to stop supporting armed struggle and help the Palestinians get real about peace

Oct 21, 2017, 11:56 PM

Eager for the US to pull out of UNESCO? Not so fast.

JTA -- Here we go again: The issue of how and why the United States should engage with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is back in the news. The announcement by the Trump administration that the US...

Sep 5, 2017, 4:55 PM

A teachable moment about anti-Semitism

Despite Jewish success in America, Jews remain vulnerable and relevant to the struggle against oppression.

Jul 1, 2017, 11:15 AM

More ominous than the Zionist regime

An Iranian politician calling Israel's establishment the worst event of the 20th century is the ultimate irony

Jun 8, 2017, 1:05 AM

The Six-Day War: Plenty to Celebrate

As we remember the Six-Day War fifty years ago this week, there has already been much conversation about how to view that war decades later. Yossi Klein-Halevi made a significant contribution to that discussion when he identified what he called...

May 17, 2017, 2:35 PM

Trump can make his Israel trip a success

The US president played up his respect for both sides of the conflict to create trust that will bring all to the table

Jan 4, 2017, 10:38 PM

How John Kerry Could Have Made a Constructive Speech

For those of us who deeply believe that it is in Israel’s interest to achieve a two-state solution and who are concerned by those on the right who are more vociferously calling for a one-state solution, what therefore is...

Oct 28, 2016, 5:08 PM

Abstention on UNESCO Vote? Not Good Enough

There has been much commentary on the voting patterns of UNESCO member countries on several outrageous resolutions on Jerusalem which explicitly or implicitly deny the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel and its capital. It has been noted that the votes...

Jul 27, 2016, 1:39 PM

Abbas vs. Balfour: Far worse than ridiculous

Upon hearing the initial report that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was asking the Arab League to sue Great Britain for its Balfour Declaration of 1917, I thought this must be a satire of the sort put out by...

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Kenneth Jacobson is Deputy National Director of the Anti-Defamation League.