“There was a more immediate motive for the timing of the Balfour Declaration”
There was a more immediate motive for the timing of the Declaration. U.S. President...
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“…taking on the identity of being the world’s wanderers is more of a punishment than a badge of honor”
…as we converge on marking 50 years since the 1967 war reshaped the relationship...
“We entered the war against Germany in 1941, but not because they were Nazis…”
We entered the war against Germany in 1941, but not because they were Nazis....
“Zionism leverages the bravery of the Hasmoneans, but tries to get us to forget the corruption and decline of their ruling class once empowered…”
Zionism — and, here, I mean especially the muscular Zionism of the Six-Day War,...
“Those who remember the physical insecurity of the pre-’67 borders largely accept the moral insecurity of the post-’67 realities as easier to tolerate”
For the Jewish people, the Six-Day War entailed a trade of mythology for security...
“What if an occupation arises, not from an act of aggression, but following a defensive war in which a state defending its territory occupies neighboring lands?”
Annexation has often been seen, quite naturally, as linked to aggression. Many international lawyers...
“The basic requirement to respect the existing legal framework of a territory has long been under pressure, for a variety of reasons”
The basic requirement to respect the existing legal framework of a territory has long...
“The surreal juxtaposition is what gives many soldiers trouble adjusting back to civilian life”
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One day you’re in a sniper hole with your crosshairs on a man, the...
“War is too weird a thing to make sense of when it’s actually happening…”
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War is too weird a thing to make sense of when it’s actually happening....