Was the Awful Presidential Debate Somehow Good for Israel?
Plus: AIPAC’s watershed moment in New York.
Ben-Gvir Boldly Puts Bibi—and Biden—in a Bind
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1. Ben Gvir Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
On Sunday, The Wall...
Antisemitism Monitor | Week of May 22, 2023
Violence and murder of the Bnei Menashe community in India. Antisemites hijacking a train’s intercom system in Austria. Antisemitic and anti-immigration rally in Victoria, Australia. Read more in this week’s Antisemitism Monitor Newsletter.
Right-Wing Conspiracies Come to Life: An Interview with Sarah Posner
Sarah Posner has reported extensively on the the alt-right and QAnon. Here she discusses right-wing conspiracies come to life.
On Peace, Normalization and Politics
The latest news came late last week. Morocco has joined the growing list of Arab countries upgrading their relations with Israel. This list now includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan.
Understanding the Historic Israel-UAE Peace Deal
Aaron David Miller is a veteran Middle East peace negotiator, analyst and author, now a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Miller spoke with Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein about the recent Israel-UAE peace deal.
Pro-Israel Democrats’ Moment of Truth
President Trump’s peace plan challenges long-held views of the Washington foreign policy establishment, including those of pro-Israel Democrats. When the government of Israel, backed by...
The Deal of the Century Revealed…That’s It?
The atmosphere in the White House East Room seemed at times more like a raucous campaign event than a launch of a diplomatic initiative three years in the making. Invitees broke out in cheers as Trump praised the Israeli prime minister standing next to him, just as they did when Netanyahu gushed over Trump.
Qassem Soleimani and the 2020 Elections
An attack that lasted less than a minute on Thursday night marked a new phase in America’s standing in the Middle East. What was until that moment a tense standoff between the Trump administration and the Ayatollahs in Tehran turned into a rapidly escalating conflict, which could lead to anything from a cycle of attacks and counter-attacks to an all-out war.
How the Harvard Professor with Great Hair Blew Up Twitter
Whether these other conversations, about his celebrity look-a-like and Jewish roots, eclipsed the impeachment conversation probably depends on which Twitter world one inhabits—the one that shows up for the news or the one that shows up solely for the memes.
Who Is the ‘Greatest Threat’ to American Jews?
The title of “biggest threat” to American Jews is hard to define or measure. And more importantly, it’s political. Most liberals would agree that anti-Semitism has reached new records under Trump and that the president’s response to the phenomenon has been less than adequate.
Accusing Adam Schiff of Treason: Reviving the ‘Disloyalty’ Affair
Accusations of treason, disloyalty and espionage are nothing new for the president. In the aftermath of the Ukraine call affair and the impeachment process triggered by it, Trump hurled these accusations at the whistleblower who first reported the issue, and at those who shared the information with the whistleblower.