The Debate Link

Over the past few days, we've seen a spate of hitherto solid Israel allies in Europe announce they'll be recognizing the state of Pa...

Many people have taken note of recent poll data regarding American attitudes towards Israel , which are (to summarize) cratering. Among Demo...

CNN ran this story a few days ago , detailing statements from some Israeli government officials promising expansion of West Bank settlements...

The Biden administration's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan should be viewed as a milestone moment in political courage. Instead, a...

The New York Times reports increasing "daylight" (to use an old term) between President Biden and Netanyahu regarding what the af...

President Joe Biden made a top-secret (but now public) visit to Ukraine in a show of solidarity as the country continues to face down Russi...

The original "tankie" incident, the one that gave the term its name, came when the Soviets invaded Hungary in 1956 to crush a work...

A not-so-modest proposal: The next time the United States commences a large-scale military incursion into another nation (and let's be r...

The UN Security Council today declined to extend an arms embargo against Iran, over furious protests by the United States, Israel, and Arab ...

As you may have heard, Israel and the UAE have announced a historic agreement to normalize ties , in exchange for which Israel has committed...

My position on the 2020 Democratic primary, and all the diverse candidates running -- from Kamala Harris to Elizabeth Warren to Pete Buttigi...

I was home this year for the high holidays, which is always nice -- I got to see old friends, and my family hosts a Rosh Hashanah luncheon w...

Republicans understand that Israel resides in a dangerous part of the world. Its security -- its very survival -- depends on the daily navig...

Ignoring objections by, among others, AIPAC, the GOP has dropped from its party platform any support for a two-state solution  to the Israel...

The KKK went recruiting in Rhome, Texas . Their message is the usual mix of paranoid, racist, anti-Semitic conspiracy-mongering. I found it ...

I don't have strong feelings regarding what we should be doing regarding Syria. People who I trust are similarly ambivalent, which mak...

America's policy towards Syria has been rather ambivalent. And most Americans seem to share in that ambivalence. It's not hard to un...

I nominate "off the table" as the dumbest concept in foreign policy. It's why Alan Dershowitz says J Street isn't "pr...

In the course of discussing how it is that tensions between Iran and Israel have escalated so much , Jeffrey Goldberg remarks off hand that ...

I had class today, and one of my students remarked that the Derrick Bell piece I assigned ( Serving Two Masters: Integration Ideals and Clie...