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Apr 9, 2026, 10:18 PM

Understanding the New Israeli Death Penalty Law

The Israeli Knesset passed a new law that Arabs terrorists, but not Jews ones, who kill Israeli citizens could now receive the death penalty. However, it is highly likely that the Israeli Supreme Court will rule against the law,...

Feb 15, 2026, 6:50 PM

Benny Morris’ Inaccurate Claims

In his recent Substack essay, the preeminent Israeli historian Benny Morris makes false claims concerning the situation of Arab citizens of Israel. He is grossly inaccurate when explaining their lack of protests; their attitude towards the Jewish state; and...

Jan 24, 2026, 7:36 PM

Oscar Voters Reject Palestinian Propaganda

The Palestinian submission for the Oscar foreign film award, Palestine 36, had strong momentum from the usual anti-Israel leftists: Mark Ruffalo, Diego Luna, Susan Sarandon, Riz Ahmed, Ava Duverney, Mira Nair, and Ramy Youssef and a raft of stars...

Dec 18, 2025, 7:10 AM

The Sad Evolution of Peter Beinart

Peter Beinart is a widely quoted anti-Zionist Jew, periodically writing New York Times opinion pieces. What is most troubling is not so much his evolution from a critical Zionist a decade ago but his genuflecting to some of the...

Jul 31, 2025, 9:48 PM

Combatting Ha’aretz’s Distorted View of the Arab Anti-War Demonstration

On July 25th, 10,000 Arab citizens march in Sakhalin, a stronghold of Palestinian nationalist sympathies. They, like a growing majority of Jewish Israelis have become hostile to the war and hold Netanyahu responsible for its senseless continuation. Rather than...

Jul 3, 2025, 9:34 AM

Olmert Attempts to Demonize Bennett

It is not uncommon for critics of Israel to demonize Israel political leaders, but Ehud Olmert has joined them. In a New York Times article, he called Bennett a “Ben-Gvir with a suit.” Because Ben-Gvir is widely thought to...

Jun 7, 2025, 9:31 PM

Distorted Perception of the Two-State Conundrum

According to the liberal press, the major stumbling block to a two-state solution is the right-wing Zionist ideology that Netanyahu champions. After all, PA President Mahmoud Abbas has long stated his desire for such a solution to the conflict....

Feb 26, 2025, 9:03 PM

Who really cares about the Gazans?

There has been an outpouring of condemnation of President Trump’s plan to at least temporarily remove Palestinians from Gaza. In a full-page New York Times ad, 350 Jewish community leaders condemned his plan: Cody Edgerly noted “Our message to...

Oct 4, 2024, 6:21 PM

Ta-Nehisi Coates and the latest assault on Israel

Ta-Nehisi Coates at the University of Virginia, January 22, 2015 (CC Eduardo Montes-Bradley via Wikipedia)

Leaving no space for nuance, the author of The Message fails to account for Arab citizens' increased support for the state

Aug 24, 2024, 11:33 PM

Countering Historical Myths of the Palestinian Experience

Much of the left’s animus towards Israel is based on a false history of the 1948 War: the uprooting of a longstanding Arab population, quelching their aspirations for an independent Palestinian state. Instead, there were longstanding Jewish communities in...

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Robert Cherry is a retired Brooklyn College economics professor, an American Enterprise Institute affiliate, and author of the forthcoming Arab Citizens of Israel: How Far Have They Come? (Wicked Son Press, Fall 2025).

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