Posting a protest letter on social media platforms with anonymous signatories is not just cowardly but the emptiest of empty gestures.
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She Asked For It: Hamas, Weaponized Rape, and Reversing Years of Progress For Victims of Sexual Violence
Rape deniers are now demanding on-camera, first-person survivor accounts from Israeli victims of Hamas’s sexual violence ignoring the brutal fact that maost of the victims were murdered or remain in captivity.
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No, Chris Rufo Didn’t Mastermind the Ouster of Harvard’s President
Liberals forced Claudine Gay’s resignation, not the conservative provocateur.
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Israel and the Politics of Paroxysm
“For some time now,” wrote the author in 2015, “it has been Israeli leaders who’ve never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”
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After Hamas Sexual Violence, “A Room of Women Taking Care of Other Women”
In New York City, I listen as an Israeli officer recalls the care and concern, the rituals and rites, for the women sexually assaulted and slaughtered by Hamas on October 7.
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“Qatar Has Been the Conduit for Countries to Talk to People They Can’t Talk to Openly”
Patrick Theros, the former American ambassador to the wealthy Persian Gulf nation, explains how it juggles its ties to Hamas, Iran, Israel, and the U.S.
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The Fawns of Auschwitz
A visit to the Nazi death camp amid dehumanization in the Mideast and Ukraine—and the latest Trump outrage—reminds a journalist that each of us has a choice.
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The Washington Monthly Newsletter: October 17, 2023
We’re seeing how Biden and Trump handle crisis in real time.
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The Case for Hope in Israel and Gaza. Really.
After the Hamas slaughter of Jews and the looming Israeli invasion of Gaza, there’s a slender cause for optimism that this carnage can lead to steps toward peace. It’s happened before.
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Why is Trump Trashing Netanyahu?
Not even an international crisis of epic proportion can prevent the former president from making everything about his ego.
