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Jan 3, 2019, 3:52 PM

Syria and the tragedy of American isolationism

When Turkey, Russia, and Iran praise American policy, we should be very worried

Aug 29, 2017, 3:53 PM

Charlottesville, Jews, and the American Future

What happened at the “Unite the Right” rally on August 12 in Charlottesville, Virginia, was both a battle in the longstanding war over Confederate memorials and, more broadly, the latest episode in the blood-soaked, centuries-old history of racism in...

Jul 26, 2017, 12:03 AM

Only recognition of Israel as a Jewish state can lead to peace

Israel stands by its historic connection to the land, despite Palestinian lies that are so brazen they make the world blase

Jan 31, 2017, 3:12 PM

Holocaust memory without Jews

Illustrative photo of a Holocaust survivor attends a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. (Pierre Terdjman/Flash90)

Trump's purely universalist message stripped the Shoah of its actual victims -- and hence much of its meaning

Apr 26, 2016, 3:56 PM

UNESCO passes over the truth

Outrage at a resolution that erases the Jewish connection to the Temple Mt and accuses Israel of denying Muslims access

Jan 17, 2016, 7:37 PM

Is Israel-Palestine the key?

Peace between Jews and Arabs in a tiny corner of the Middle East won't stabilize the whole region

Aug 13, 2015, 4:32 PM

Gaza didn’t have to end this way

10 years after Disengagement, we have terror tunnels and poverty instead of Palestinian prosperity and peace

May 19, 2015, 1:34 PM

The diplomatic dance and the Iranian threat

By snubbing President Obama, the US’s Sunni allies have shown they are just as worried over the deal as Israel is

Dec 7, 2014, 3:22 PM

Europe is torpedoing the Palestinian State

Each recognition vote reduces the chances that Israel and a Palestinian state will live side by side in peace and security

Jul 16, 2014, 3:18 PM

Don’t lose sight of the Iranian threat

We mustn't allow concerns about ISIS to blind us to the greater danger posed by a nuclear Iran

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Lawrence Grossman is Director of Publications for the American Jewish Committee.