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A Miscarriage of Journalism at ‘The New York Times’
Federal judge Roy K. Altman explains how an article by ‘Times’ columnist Nicholas Kristof violates the fundamental rules of fairness and due process…
Roy K. Altman
How ‘The New York Times’ Laundered a Conspiracy
Matti Friedman and Dan Senor on how Nicholas Kristof’s ‘New York Times’ column reflects a press corps that increasingly sees activism as its core…
Matti Friedman and Dan Senor
Nick Kristof’s ‘Dog Torture’ Claim About Israel Doesn’t Pass Muster
Anonymous sources, pro-Hamas activists, and shoddy biology all fed into a dubious New York Times report.
Eli Lake
Ezra Klein Doesn’t Understand Israel
By ignoring the ideological reality of Hamas and Hezbollah, Klein treats Israelis and Palestinians as props in a Western morality play rather than…
Haviv Rettig Gur
Israel Has an Extremism Problem
Besides the moral failure, Israel’s institutional failure to crack down on violent settlers is damaging its ability to fight for its survival.
Haviv Rettig Gur
Michael Oren: Defending Israel in an Age of Madness
America’s national derangement poses almost insurmountable challenges to supporters of the Jewish state.
Michael Oren
How Israel Is Hunting Members of the Iranian Regime
As the Israeli Air Force operates freely in the skies over Tehran, the strikes on regime officials are becoming more daring and more important than…
Amit Segal
Why Grad Students at Columbia May Go on Strike
‘If you look at what the union is doing now, you can see there’s no sane people left,’ says one student about its political fixations.
Jonas Du
Columbia’s Modern Arab Studies Chair Contenders Have One Thing in Common: Hating Israel
The university says it is committed to ‘balanced’ curricula on the Middle East. Their top candidates tell a different story.
Maya Sulkin
The Bad History of ‘Palestine 36’
An Oscar short-listed film, funded by Qatar, Turkey, and the BBC, rewrites the past to serve a modern political fantasy.
Oren Kessler
Confessions of a Former Pro-Palestine Activist
‘It felt critical to voice your opinion early and as often as possible, in order to be a true ally. If you were silent on the matter, you were…
Maya Sulkin
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The ‘Peace Protesters’ Who Won’t Give Peace a Chance
The ‘pro-Palestine’ activists and organizations formerly insistent on an immediate ceasefire suddenly appear quite opposed to a plan to end the Gaza…
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
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