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Andy Blumenthal

Jul 25, 2018, 3:44 PM

This is a fix for the editorial headline

This is a fix for the editorial underline

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 7, 2018, 10:43 AM

Dialogue with a “Former Israel Supporter”

Here is an email dialogue that I had recently with someone who criticized my writings in Times of Israel and identified themselves as a "Former Israel Supporter." Him: "I ran into your rambling in TOI. Just what we need -...

Jul 4, 2018, 11:15 PM

The question no one dares ask

Why doesn’t the Palestinian majority in Jordan overthrow the Hashemite monarchy? Is there anyone who actually believes the Hashemite kingdom is legitimate? Anyone who believes it is an ancient and venerable institution? Anyone who believes it rules over its own indigenous...

Jun 25, 2018, 12:29 AM

Kushner’s New Interview with Palestinian-Arab Editor (with transcript & good/bad analysis)

Jared Kushner’s new interview -- given to an Arab editor -- has good points. But the good points are not even close to being enough to compensate for the great dangers that Kushner is poised to push Israel into. Analysis: Bad -- REPORTER:...

Joanna M. Saidel

Jun 20, 2018, 9:08 PM

Does anyone remember the Altalena after 70 years?

TODAY IS THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING OF THE IRGUN SHIP, ALTALENA. This incident marked the point of no return in the controversy between fledgling political parties at the time of Israeli statehood. Its repercussions reverberated for decades....

Talia Wercberger

May 27, 2018, 10:47 AM

Shame and pride: Where do I go from here?

As I currently sit in my 8:30 am lecture on “History of Current Events: British in Palestine, 1939-1948,” I get this strange feeling in the pit of my stomach. While learning about those years leading up to our independence,...

Andy Blumenthal

May 16, 2018, 6:11 AM

Never homeless again

This week saw the historic, miraculous opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, Israel. America's symbolic home away from home with their friend and ally Israel is now in its undivided capital. President Trump is a builder of majestic building and...

May 15, 2018, 11:40 PM

It’s about time

I don't mean to sound ungrateful. Standing in Jerusalem at the newly announced US Embassy, among 800 friends and comrades, pinching ourselves to be sure this is real, we said the blessing for living to see this day. We...

May 15, 2018, 3:13 AM

Israeli Independence Day

Today, May 14, is a "red-letter day" for the State of Israel and its supporters. First of all, it marks the 70th anniversary of Israeli Independence Day, formally known as the "Declaration of the Establishment of the State of...

May 4, 2018, 12:38 PM

Will straight up Jew-hating hit Abbas in the pocket ? Not from the EU it won’t.

Well, this is awkward. The European Institutions are trying -- quite creatively as it happens given the difficult structures of their budget rules- to find ways of pulling the ‘illiberal democracies’ of certain Eastern European Member States into line by...

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