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Opinion | They're Israel's Far Right, Pro-ethnic Cleansing Nationalists. But Don't Call Them 'Nazis'
Source: Haaretz
By Anshel Pfeffer
Published April 8, 2021
On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, far right leader Bezalel Smotrich threatened Palestinian citizens of Israel with ethnic cleansing. Calling him a Nazi is too easy a way out of the real, pressing problem his camp poses for Israel and Judaism
Read MoreThe Three-State Solution
Source: Tablet
By BENJAMIN KERSTEIN
Published March 23, 2021
The two-state solution has been dead for decades. A one-state solution frightens Israelis and Palestinians alike. Is three the magic number for peace?
Read MoreAnalysis | Israel at 73: Alive, Kicking and Ailing
Source: Haaretz
By Alon Pinkas
Published April 14, 2021
Israel is descending into quasi-authoritarianism, led by a prime minister who is facing a corruption trial and spewing incendiary rhetoric. But not all is bleak
Read MoreThe Jewish Women Who Posed an 'Existential Threat' to Israel by Marrying Arab Men
Source: Haaretz
By Ofer Aderet
Published April 14, 2021
Hundreds of Jewish women married Arab men in the Mandate period. They were branded enemies of Israel, and to this day their families find it hard to talk about them. No wonder, then, that these stories were buried in the archives and are only now coming to light
Read MoreWhat ties the U.S. and Israel together? Our arrogant, doomed mythology of exceptionalism
Source: Salon
By DOUG NEISS
Published April 17, 2021
Our two nations are headed for doom, driven by the power of the Zionist right and a conviction we can do no wrong
Read MoreEssay | Man Imposes, God Disposes
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
Pro-Life and Pro-Choice are Both Biblical
Read MoreA Book Review on the Topic of Christian Nationalism
Source: Gospel in Life
https://quarterly.gospelinlife.com/book-review-on-the-topic-of-christian-nationalism/
By Timothy Keller
Tim Keller reviews Samuel L. Perry and Andrew Whitehead's book Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States (Oxford, 2020)
Read MoreA Christian Vision of Social Justice
Source: The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/opinion/social-justice-christianity.html
By David BrooksPublished March 18, 2021
Social change can be pursued with mercy and hope.
Read MoreRemember the Marshall Plan … Debating Biden’s Stimulus Plan
By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor
Read More10-20 American mouthpieces for Israeli government had unrivaled access to Obama White House — Rhodes
Source: Mondoweiss
BY PHILIP WEISS
Published February 24, 2021
White House officials have to go to the Israel lobby AIPAC conference, but if they meet with Arab-Americans 'you can get into trouble,' former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes says.
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