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Whose students are being threatened with genocide?
A deep-ish dive into recent developments
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Jonathan M. Katz
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War holiday
Tomorrow night Jews will begin the holiday of Hanukkah by lighting the first of eight branches of their family menorahs. This year, in the aftermath of…
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Jonathan M. Katz
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There's only one state
Between the river and the sea
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Jonathan M. Katz
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So what was all the killing for?
The first prisoner exchange of the Gaza war started today—and the war, it seems, had little to do with it.
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Watching Gaza through Chapel Hill
A well-timed documentary puts an old story into a new light
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Jonathan M. Katz
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'The actual truth'
Antisemitism is rising, but not in entirely straightforward ways
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Israel's counter-terror
With a little military theory, the war on Gaza is easier to understand
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Jonathan M. Katz
5
Time we won't get back
Either reality, the pressure, or both are getting to the Biden administration. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken flew in person to Israel today to ask…
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Moving the needle
Or, what's a vote for?
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Your responses to 'Out of Zionism'
And a comment on Biden, the left, and an increasingly dangerous war
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Out of Zionism
A personal essay
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Jonathan M. Katz
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'Nowhere else to go'
Biden makes a notable shift from the past week's US policy toward Israel's Gaza War. But is it too little, too late?
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Jonathan M. Katz
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