Israel, Palestinians “…a Palestinian child, if asked to sketch the map, would produce one that’s amazingly similar to what a Jewish Israeli child would come up with” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 May 2017 It’s a reasonable assumption that a Palestinian child, if asked to sketch the map,...
Israel, Palestinians, Zionism “The Zionist movement succeeded in creating a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel over sixty years ago” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 May 2017 The Zionist movement succeeded in creating a homeland for the Jewish people in the...
Politics in America, Zionism “…for those who believe that a two-state solution is in the best interest of Israel, the Palestinians and the world, how exactly is one able to oppose settlement expansion without being labeled anti-Israel?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 May 2017 For progressively-minded Zionists, our love for Israel is not the same as blanket support...
Israel “…mythic attachments are the only wealth Jerusalem has ever produced…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 January 2017 …mythic attachments are the only wealth Jerusalem has ever produced, and they are what...
Politics in America, Zionism “…by denying liberal principles, Zionism immediately becomes continuous with…the anti-Semitic politics of the sort promoted by the alt-right” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 December 2016 …by denying liberal principles, Zionism immediately becomes continuous with — rather than contradictory to...
Israel “…the comparison between the alt-right’s white-Christian ethnic politics and the Jewish State is not just misleading, but sinister” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 December 2016 It is important to emphasize that, in some crucial respects, the comparison between the...
Israel, Jews, Politics in America “…for Bannon, and many on the Trumpian right, the crucial political divide in today’s world is between internationalists (who they call “globalists”) and nationalists” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 December 2016 …for Bannon, and many on the Trumpian right, the crucial political divide in today’s...
Politics in America, Zionism “Bannon and the Trumpian right have discovered what Jews have known for a century: That Zionism is built, in part, on the rejection of Diaspora Jewish identity” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 November 2016 Bannon and the Trumpian right have discovered what Jews have known for a century:...
Jews in America, Zionism “The problem with the Golden Age of American Zionism was that for far too many Jews, support for Israel became a vicarious faith…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 November 2016 The problem with the Golden Age of American Zionism was that for far too...
Israel, Jews in America “Dangerous myths have grown up among the American Jewish community, myths that are totally detached from the reality in Israel…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 November 2016 Dangerous myths have grown up among the American Jewish community, myths that are totally...