If you’re surprised that the civil rights leader and MSNBC host has broken with the left on Hamas, you haven’t been paying attention.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Stop Whining About the “Kids Today”
Griping about youth is as old as Socrates and as up-to-date as Gaza protests. The best way to deal with it is to put a premium on civility and to listen to what the youth are saying.
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The Washington Monthly Newsletter: November 16, 2023
“When Middle East Politics (Almost) Tipped an American Presidential Election” and the latest from the Washington Monthly website.
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When Middle East Politics (Almost) Tipped an American Presidential Election
In 1948, Henry Wallace peeled off enough of the Jewish vote to deny Harry Truman the nation’s then-most populous state, New York. What this does—and doesn’t—augur for Joe Biden.
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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.
Posted inJuly/August 2023
The Provocations of Martin Peretz
The legendary editor shook up the political-media power axis. Was he a free-thinking iconoclast or an irredeemable bigot?
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Why Biden Should Reopen the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem
After the damage of the Trump years, America needs to salvage its role as an honest broker between Israelis and Palestinians.
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The Limits of Israel’s Normalization Deals with a Few Arab States
One year after the signing of the Abraham Accords, it’s clear that the Palestinian issue isn’t going away—no matter how much Trump and Netanyahu wanted it to.
