Dec
9
2022
Weekly Roundup - 12/9/22
This week: Peter Beinart analyzes Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s speech to the J Street conference. On our podcast, Alex Kane hosts a discussion about what the term “Israeli apartheid” signifies.
Plus, from the newsletter, Elisheva Goldberg reports on the debate in Israeli society about a soldier’s assault on leftist Israelis in occupied Hebron, while Noah Kulwin argues that the Anti-Defamation League is less interested in addressing anti-Jewish bigotry than in Israel advocacy and shoring up its own future.
Analysis
For the Biden Administration, There Are No Red Lines On Israel
At the J Street Conference this past weekend, Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a speech fit for AIPAC.
Peter Beinart
The Meaning of Apartheid
Alex Kane hosts a discussion between Noura Erakat, John Reynolds, and Omar Shakir on the way Western human rights groups use the term “apartheid”—and the different definition at the heart of a long Palestinian intellectual tradition.
Newsletter
Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Militia
An IDF assault on left-wing activists in Hebron reveals an emboldened security force—and signals a step toward annexation.
Elisheva Goldberg
Newsletter
The Unbearable Ignorance of the ADL
The organization uses its moral authority to shield Israel from criticism while spreading misleading information about contemporary antisemitism.
Noah Kulwin
