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  A precise, Chekhovian logic guided Israel’s strike on Iran — but chaos could come next

  The stage for this attack was set almost 30 years ago

  By Rob Eshman

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  Trump is forcing liberal Zionists to confront an extraordinarily inconvenient truth

  If the US is really abandoning a two-state solution, that means an uncomfortable reckoning for most American Jews

  By Eric Alterman Jun 12, 2025 | 4 min read
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  A Trumpian parade with soldiers, jets and military vehicles? No tanks.

  Trump envies the military spectacle that France perfected, but his ghoulish celebration is the complete opposite

  By Robert Zaretsky Jun 11, 2025 | 4 min read

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• Rob Eshman A precise, Chekhovian logic guided Israel’s strike on Iran — but chaos could come next

  

• Nora Berman Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla was never going to help Palestinians

  

• Dan Perry Mike Huckabee’s stunning, terrifying new gift to the Israeli right

  

• Emily Tamkin The two things I fear most after the horrifying attack on Jews in Boulder

  

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  Mike Huckabee’s stunning, terrifying new gift to the Israeli right

  If the US abandons a two-state solution, Israel will be forced to face existential questions with no good answers

  By Dan Perry Jun 11, 2025 | 5 min read
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  Why progressives must retire the slogan ‘free Palestine’

  The words may not have originated as a threat to Jews — but now, they sound like one

  By Elliot Cosgrove Jun 10, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla was never going to help Palestinians

  The eye-catching protest distracted the world from the starving civilians it aimed to aid

  By Nora Berman Jun 9, 2025 | 4 min read
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  As fires burn in LA, has Trump found his Reichstag fire moment?

  Trump's decision to call in the National Guard to quell unrest recalls the ways in which Hitler asserted and consolidated power

  By Robert Zaretsky Jun 9, 2025 | 4 min read
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  The righteous rabbis protesting those immigration raids in Los Angeles

  'It all feels different, militarized, dehumanizing,' said Rabbi Susan Goldberg

  By Rob Eshman Jun 9, 2025 | 4 min read
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  If Trump is being compared to Hitler, who was Hitler before he was Hitler?

  As he embraces authoritarianism, Trump takes his place in a rogues' gallery populated by such disreputable figures as Nero and Robespierre

  By Terrence Petty Jun 8, 2025 | 5 min read
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  Were the attacks in Boulder and D.C. the product of ‘blood libel’? Not so fast

  The idea of a blood libel has a very specific historical context — one that it's essential we not forget

  By Nadav Ziv Jun 6, 2025 | 6 min read
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  Don’t be grateful two hostages’ bodies were recovered. Be furious.

  The remains of two Israeli-American hostages have been returned from Gaza — but that doesn't mean closure

  By Dan Perry Jun 5, 2025 | 4 min read