Arab-Israeli debate in the U.S.

Progressives Have Done a Better Job Advocating for Hamas than Many Islamist Organizations in the United States

The Array of Threats Facing Israel Make It Unlike Any Other Contemporary State

As long as elites blame Jews for problems in the societies they lead, they will remain unable to confront the source of the threats to their well-being.

I recently witnessed something I haven’t seen in a long time. On Friday, August 16, 2024, a group of pro-Hamas activists packed up their signs and went home in the face of spirited and non-violent opposition from a coalition of pro-American Iranians and American Jews. The last time I saw anything like that happen was in 2006 or 2007, when I led a crowd of Israel supporters in chants in order to silence a heckler standing on the sidewalk near the town common in Amherst, Massachusetts. The ridicule was enough to prompt him and his fellow anti-Israel activists to walk away, as we cheered their departure. It was glorious.