Robert Cherry

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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...

Aug 8, 2023, 6:35 AM

Ethnic Conflict Underpins the Judicial Conflict

Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to change the Israeli judiciary have provoked outrage across the progressive left. Indeed, President Biden criticized the legislation (which says Supreme Court can no longer use its reasonableness doctrine to overturn parliamentary legislation) as a threat...

Feb 5, 2023, 11:08 AM

Intragroup Disparities Complicate Affirmative Action Initiatives

In the last two years, there have been claims of racial insensitivity among the royal staff made by Megan Markle and Ngozi Fulani. Whether or not these claims are completely valid, they have galvanized sections of the British public...

Dec 21, 2022, 5:41 AM

The Differential Responses to the Antisemitism of Ye and Farrakhann

Trump’s meeting with Ye (Kanye West) and Nick Fuentes has again put antisemitism front and center. Across the political spectrum, commentators have argued that this meeting disqualifies Trump’s candidacy. Senator McConnell stated: First, let me just say that there...

Nov 23, 2022, 9:17 PM

Is there an alternative to Affirmative Action at selective colleges?

Many of the leading corporations have filed a brief to the Supreme Court in support of continued college affirmative action policies. "Racial and ethnic diversity enhance business performance," the companies – including Apple, General Electric, Google and Starbucks –...

Nov 9, 2022, 9:21 PM

The election’s impact on Jewish-Palestinian relations

Understandable gloom dominates those who are appalled that overtly racists are not only members of the victorious Likud coalition but likely to have influential positions in the new government. As I have written elsewhere, like President Nixon, in the...

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Robert Cherry is a recently retired professor of economics at Brooklyn College. Author of Arab Citizens of Israel: How Far Have They Come? (Wicked Son Press, Fall 2025)

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