Larry Derfner
The Missing Information That Exonerates Jeremy Corbyn
Calling someone an anti-Semite is an awfully potent defamation of character. It should be used only with severe caution.
Israel’s Propaganda Can’t Hide the Harsh Reality of 123-0 Gaza Killing Count
The Israeli government’s justifications of its brutal response to the “March of Return” protests have been nothing but propaganda.
Israel’s City of the Future: Portrait of a Smug Society
Israelis aren’t bothered enough anymore by Palestinians, morally or militarily, to let them ruin their cheerful, shopping-mall mood.
Black Lives Matter is Basically Right About Israel – but Very Wrong About America
The problem with the BLM platform, released last week, isn’t the couple of paragraphs on Israel, it’s the 37,000 other words on America.
J Street Loses Its Focus With Peace Process Dead
J Street has lost its purpose now that the peace process is dead. Instead of fighting Israel’s occupation, it battles the only tactic that could end the injustice, writes Larry Derfner.
John Kerry 'Deal' Looks Rigged Against Palestinians
John Kerry is poised to present a ‘framework agreement’ that Israelis would be crazy to reject and Palestinians crazy to accept. What will J Street say to that?
Israel's Everyday Racism — and How American Jews Turn a Blind Eye to It
Israeli leaders almost never suffer any consequences for making outrageous racist remarks. Why not apply the same standards that we did to Jesse Jackson and ‘Hymie-town’?
Everyday 'Apartheid' and the Liberal Dream
Anti-Arab discrimination has been exposed at Israeli amusement parks, banks and pools. What does these shameful facts say about the hopes for a decent future for all?
Who Are the Israeli Centrists and Why Did They Vote for Yair Lapid?
The plain vanilla Israeli bedroom community of Modi’in gave Yair Lapid’s centrist party 27 percent of its vote. Now the time has come to ask: What does it want in return?
Israel's Silent March to War With Iran
There is remarkably little public discussion in Israel about an attack on Iran. People may not talk about it much, but you can be sure they will back a war, Larry Derfner writes.