Bias and Betrayal
The extensive rot at the heart of Human Rights Watch.
Gerald M. Steinberg
· 14 min read
Israel
A collection of 161 posts
Gaza and the Asymmetry Trap
The defeat of Hamas is a moral necessity, but that does not obviate Israel’s responsibility to minimize civilian suffering.
Michael Walzer
· 10 min read
Why Does the Intersectional Left Defend Hamas?
Sectarian morality arises from the concept of collective guilt.
Julian Adorney
· 8 min read
Debunking Myths About the War in Gaza: Quillette Cetera Episode 23
Forensic anthropologist and former U.S. Marine Julian McBride joins Quillette Cetera host Zoe Booth in a discussion about the war in Gaza.
Zoe Booth
· 1 min read
From the River to the Sea: The Significance of a Slogan
Not all of those who advocate for a single state “from the river to the sea” have genocidal intent, but their recommendation, if acted upon, is very likely to result in either the genocide or ethnic cleansing of Jews.
David Benatar
· 6 min read
Israel, Gaza, and Proportionality
Simply counting the dead does not produce a moral verdict.
Shlomo Cohen
· 8 min read
The Deadly Logic of Decolonization
Western countries are seen as colonizing nations and imperialists, while foreign autocracies and sectarian extremists like Hamas are perceived as freedom fighters and even forces for good.
Jay Sophalkalyan
· 11 min read
The Return of the Progressive Atrocity
It is the responsibility of Western activists to know who and what they support, and to separate themselves—openly and decisively—from programs and regimes that are predicated on violence and repression.
Susie Linfield
· 21 min read
Hamas Cheerleaders Are All Over Instagram
Since 10/7, young social-media users have been inundated with memes that present terrorists as social justice champions.
Christina Buttons
· 11 min read
The Barbarian Evasions
Hamas’s progressive apologists seek self-justification in the moral incoherence of relativistic absolutism.
David A. Eisenberg
· 4 min read
Muslim Antisemitism and the Western Left
The pro-Hamas demonstrations are driven by the identification of Israel with “colonialism” and the idea that the Palestinians are anti-colonialists. This approach is based on ignorance.
Benny Morris
· 9 min read
A Generation of Misguided Policy in Israel
For more than a generation, defence policy and much else has been increasingly determined by the dictates of Israel’s religious settler lobby and its Messianic visions.
Michael Ben-Gad
· 9 min read
Faking Hope: AI Art as Propaganda
There is a new contender for the most effective weapon in the propaganda wars: photorealistic, generative AI art.
Julia Friedman
· 8 min read
Whose Genocide Is It Anyway?
The libel that Israel is engaged in genocide attempts to do the unthinkable—to link the Jewish state with Nazi Germany. This cynical calculus is as wrong as it is obscene.
Zachary R. Goldsmith
· 11 min read
Queers for Palestine: Identity Politics at Its Most Absurd
In Palestine, they’d be killed.
Armin Navabi
· 7 min read