An Israeli flag lies at a memorial outside Bondi Pavilion at Sydney's Bondi Beach, on Monday, a day after 15 were shot dead at a Hanukkah celebration.

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A New Path for a Free Palestine

by Jon A. Shields December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

Israel isn’t going to disappear and calling for its liquidation spurs antisemitism. There’s a better way.

April 1995

Paging Ward Cleaver

by Nicholas Lemann April 1, 1995May 2, 2023

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