Liberals forced Claudine Gay’s resignation, not the conservative provocateur.
Israel
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The Washington Monthly Newsletter: January 4, 2024
“Al Sharpton Stands Up for Israel” and the latest from the Washington Monthly website.
Posted inWar in the Mideast
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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The Paranoid Style of Naomi Klein
The Doppleganger author has smart, cutting insights into the conspiratorial delusions of Naomi Wolf and today’s MAGA right. It’s too bad she can’t face her own.
Posted inWar in the Mideast
Massive Evidence Collection in Hamas Rapes Could Be a Turning Point
Mobile phone videos, metadata, eyewitnesses, security cams—all that evidence may be a historic first in the prosecution of rape as a weapon of war.
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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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Cornel West, RFK Jr. Flirt with Antisemites
In the wake of the Hamas attack and the Israeli response, the anti-Biden, third-party spoilers show us who they are.
Posted inNovember/December 2023
Give ‘Em Hell, Joe
President Biden has been compared, and has compared himself, to FDR. But the real similarity is to Harry S. Truman.
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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.
