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Jan 9, 2020, 3:50 PM

Democrats’ discouraging knee-jerk reaction to Soleimani

Dems can and should slam Trump, but they must also show a willingness to take action to prevent evil people from doing evil things

Aug 7, 2018, 9:44 PM

Left’s anti-Israel trend is a threat to Democrats

Progressive candidates can't afford to disgust pro-Israel Dems and independents in 2020

Mar 27, 2018, 11:51 PM

Palestinians’ loss is not necessarily Israel’s gain

Last week’s signing of a law cutting American funding to the Palestinian Authority unless it stops paying families of Palestinians who murder Israelis marked the latest rude awakening for the Palestinian leadership, which has grown comfortable believing that it...

Mar 24, 2017, 5:44 PM

Barry Shrage leaves big shoes to fill

In December 2010, a forest fire erupted on the outskirts of Haifa, Israel, and quickly spread, ravaging 12,000 acres in a matter of hours, forcing thousands of people to evacuate and claiming 44 lives, including that of a teenage...

Feb 24, 2017, 9:35 AM

A test for Massachusetts progressives

At his press conference last week, President Trump tongue-lashed a Jewish reporter who innocently asked about “an uptick in anti-Semitism.” The president instructed him to be “quiet,” denouncing the question as “repulsive.” It wasn’t until yesterday that Trump denounced an...

Jan 29, 2017, 4:24 PM

Trump’s embrace of Israel is toxic for US Zionists

US President Donald Trump salutes the crowd after the swearing-in ceremony as 45th President of the USA in front of the Capitol in Washington on January 20, 2017. (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary)

Israel is losing US Jewish support on the battlefield of public opinion, and the new president is speeding its defeat

Jan 10, 2017, 2:14 PM

How refreshing! MLA rebukes BDS crowd

The pro-Israel camp shouldn't revel too much in the refusal to boycott Israel, for society there is in a shambles

Oct 19, 2016, 9:05 PM

Israel’s two — equally false — narratives

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat addressing students at San Francisco University on April 6, 2016, as pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in the background. (Jerusalem Municipality)

Daniel Gordis's new book defies devil/angel stereotyping to portray Israel as an extraordinarily noble experiment

Sep 20, 2016, 3:10 PM

The most important meal of the day

A tribute to the great Shimon Peres, who nearly refused breakfast out of politeness (and what convinced him to eat)

Jun 1, 2016, 4:55 PM

Paris ‘peace’ talks the usual charade

This Friday’s one-day “peace conference” in Paris, convened by the French government to discuss the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, has a wearisome, all-too-familiar look to it: same farce, different day. Representatives of some 20 political entities will be sharing their “thoughts” about...

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Jeff Robbins, a former United States Delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in the Clinton Administration, is an attorney in Boston, Massachusetts