Gaza is a territory that is today controlled 100% by Hamas, a recognized Islamist terror organization whose founding charter explicitly calls for Israel’s destruction and includes numerous antisemitic tropes. On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out the deadliest terror attack in Israel’s history, killing over 1,200 people, primarily civilians, and taking approximately 250 hostages into Gaza.[1] Though there has been
The West Bank refers to the territory of what was once Judea and Samaria, west of the Jordan River. These biblical names – Judea and Samaria – reflect the region’s deep historical connection to the Jewish people dating back over 3,000 years, a fact often omitted in discussions about the territory’s status.[1] When proposed plans for Jewish and Arab states
Golda Meir once quipped that when the Arab armies put down their weapons, there will be no more war, but if the Israeli army put down its weapons, there would be no more Israel. This fundamental reality still defines Israel’s security doctrine today and has been tragically reinforced by the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, which demonstrated the existential threats
Holocaust denial is, at its core, an antisemitic conspiracy theory, and is explicitly recognized as a form of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and numerous governments worldwide.[1] The Holocaust was a genocide perpetrated by the Nazi regime against European Jews between 1941 and 1945. Six million Jews were murdered in death camps, concentration camps, ghettos, killing fields
On December 29, 2022, the 37th Government of the State of Israel was formed in the aftermath of the November 2022 election. With this new government, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving premier, is once again Israel’s PM, for the third time. There is no doubt that this new government is the most right-wing government in Israel’s history, and
The term “Apartheid” is an Afrikaans word meaning “apartness” and specifically applies to the system of racial segregation in place in South Africa between 1948 and 1994. This was a clear, institutional, and legal separation between white, black, and mixed-race people. There were different benches, beaches, stores, bathrooms, water fountains, schools, etc. It was also an effort by a minority
For the last 3,000 or so years, there has been a documented presence of Jews in what is now Israel. The Land of Israel was the birthplace of Jewish identity and culture. Certainly, for the last 2,000 or so years, the majority of the Jewish community has lived in the diaspora (i.e. outside of the Land of Israel). This diaspora
In its entire history, Israel has never sought to have a country of only Jewish Israelis. In 1948, when six Arab armies went to war against the newly established State of Israel, Israel fought to secure its borders, but never sought to simply expel residents on the basis of their religion, ethnicity, or creed. According to Benny Morris, the foremost
This is a chant that refers to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, which comprises Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. This geographic area encompasses the entirety of Israel within its internationally recognized borders, as well as all Palestinian territories, effectively calling for the elimination of Israel as a sovereign Jewish state. This chant is heard
Genocide is the deliberate killing of a group of people from a particular national, religious, or ethnic group with the goal of destroying that group. The legal definition, established in the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, specifies that genocide requires “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such,” meaning the deliberate targeting
