Against (Archaeological) Interpretation
This week, archaeologists in Jerusalem reported the discovery of a great wall dating to the sixth century B.C.E., likely to be part of the very city walls built by the Israelite leader Nehemia as...
View ArticleThe House That Bashar Built
It has been widely speculated that the structure in northern Syria attacked by Israel’s Air Force ten weeks ago was a fledgling nuclear reactor, along the lines of the one operating in North Korea. Now...
View ArticleA Lebanon War Postmortem
Since the end of the 2006 Israel-Hizballah war, the enormity of Israel’s bungling has become increasingly clear. A new after-action review has just been released, this one by Amir Kulick of the...
View ArticleMore Evidence for the Biblical Kingdom of David
Every once in a while, archaeologists in Israel hit pay dirt, undoing years of speculative claims that the key stories in the Bible never happened. For decades, it was claimed that King David never...
View ArticleBreaking Israel’s Academic Stranglehold
This week’s recognition of Ariel College as a “university center” — a step toward full-fledged university status — outraged Israel’s academic establishment. For some, the objection is political: the...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to Be a Harvard Think Tank
In a significant paper at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Jeffrey White and Loring White discuss the results of war games on the Iranian nuclear program conducted by three think tanks —...
View ArticleAre They Being Smart Yet?
Joe Biden arrived in Israel. A ticker-tape parade he did not receive. As this report notes: Vice President Biden arrived in Israel on Monday to boost U.S. efforts to mediate talks between Israelis and...
View ArticleNo Way to Run a Foreign Policy
The Wall Street Journal‘s editors share many observers’ consternation over the Obami’s latest war of words with Israel. The editors note that engagement is all the rage when it comes to Syria but not...
View ArticleThe Climb-Down?
Perhaps a mini climb-down has begun by the Obami. After all, they encountered a “firestorm” of criticism from Jewish groups and a bipartisan selection (although many more Republicans) of elected...
View ArticleAIPAC Panel: The Sands of Change Here in D.C.
A mesmerizing discussion Sunday afternoon was held among Elliott Abrams, Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal, and Asher Susser of the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University as they examined the...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Trouble back home: “Sue Lowden has established herself as the far-ahead GOP front-runner in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race and the Republican most likely to beat Sen. Harry Reid, even with a Tea Party...
View ArticleNewsflash: Israelis Don’t Trust Obama
The Israeli Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University have a new survey out. The results are not surprising: Nearly three-quarters of the Israeli Jewish public supports holding talks with the...
View ArticleIs Wagner Worse Than the Nakba?
It was probably inevitable. When the Eretz Israel Orchestra announced plans last month to hold a concert of works by Richard Wagner in Tel Aviv it was likely that somebody would find a way to cancel...
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