Abraham Foxman
By Abraham Foxman
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Opinion Taking Tehran at its Word
Shortly after the immediate and strong international reaction to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s comment that Israel should be “wiped off the map,” his foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, indicated that this position was nothing new: The Islamic regime had always viewed Israel that way, ever since the Khomeini revolution in 1979. Mottaki is correct. From the…
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Opinion Why We Must Raise the Alarm
In an opinion article in the February 5 issue of The New York Times, the national editor of the Forward argues that “it is time Jews recognize that the old strategies no longer work…. Jewish organizations and advocates of Israel fail to grasp that they are no longer viewed as the voice of the disenfranchised….
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News Israelis Celebrate an Emerging Consensus on Independence Day
As Israel’s 56th Independence Day approaches, stock-taking easily produces negatives. Continuing suicide bombs, unbridled hatred of Israel and Jews throughout much of the Arab world, international condemnation of the Jewish state, and unresolved economic and social issues do not make for a gala celebration. This year, while we give thanks for the existence of the…
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Opinion Trivializing Mahathir’s Antisemitic Message
At a time when even such publications as The New York Times and Financial Times clearly understand the significance of what took place in Kuala Lumpur, it is astonishing that the Forward chooses to trivialize it and to some extent rationalize what happened (“Mahathir’s Message,” October 24). Even many leaders who have failed to see…
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Opinion Harry Truman, my flawed hero
The antisemitism revealed in his diaries is a stain on his reputation. Still, he remains a hero of Israel
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Opinion Britain’s Disingenuous Iraq-Israel Linkage
In announcing his resignation from the post of British foreign secretary out of opposition to the war with Iraq, Robin Cook said: “I have heard it said Iraq has had not months but 12 years in which to complete disarmament, and that our patience is exhausted. Yet, it is more than 30 years since Resolution…
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