Politics

Trump official fired for Facebook post seen as anti-Semitic is reinstated

Leif Olson had defended his post as “sarcastic criticism of the alt-right’s conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic positions.”

Jason Greenblatt steps down as broker of White House’s ‘ultimate deal’ on Mideast peace

Trump’s one-time lawyer was said to have wrapped up his work on a peace plan.

Ideas

What Israel still needs to learn from Ariel Sharon

The late prime minister was a merciless man of contrasts, write the authors of a new book about Israeli leaders, and it’s important for Israel today to understand who he was and what drove him.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look onduring the funeral of Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl Cemetery on September 30, 2016 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Abir Sultan/Getty Images)

Israel came really close to attacking Iran and 4 other takeaways from The New York Times exposé

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Don’t conflate criticism of Netanyahu and Israel

Bernie Sanders speaks as ‘proud son of Jewish immigrants’ at largest Muslim convention

Zehut Party votes to approve deal with Netanyahu to drop out of elections

Netanyahu calls for boycott of HBO’s ‘Our Boys’

Jewish socialist philosopher who met with Hamas is running for president

Ilan Shor, a lawmaker and former mayor who was convicted of embezzlement, arriving to meet supporters in Comrat, Moldova on February 15, 2019. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images)

Moldova’s Jews feel an anti-Semitic backlash after a corrupt Jewish politician flees to Israel

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