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May 3, 202611 min read
Did the U.S. go to war in Iran "because of Israel"? The shortcut that turns policy criticism into an old story
Netanyahu lobbied Trump. Other allies, advisers, and U.S. officials shaped the decision too. Why the viral "Israel made us do it" story is not analysis, and how it echoes older antisemitic war myths.
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May 3, 20269 min read
No, Israel is not the reason antisemitism exists
Israel-related wars can trigger antisemitic spikes, but they did not create antisemitism. The same claims about Jews killing children, starting wars, and controlling governments existed for centuries before modern Israel.
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May 3, 20268 min read
The new purity test: shame anyone who supports Israel
On the right, Israel supporters are smeared as disloyal and anti-American. On the left, they are smeared as racist or anti-human-rights. Different politics, same demand: make Jews prove they belong.
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May 3, 20268 min read
Mamdani and antisemitism: the test is not whether he criticizes Israel
A careful look at Zohran Mamdani, antisemitism, "globalize the intifada," Israel criticism, and what Jewish New Yorkers are asking a mayor to understand.
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May 3, 20267 min read
Why Talmud quotes are so easy to rip out of context
The Talmud is not a flat list of Jewish beliefs. It is a layered record of argument, dialogue, minority opinions, hypotheticals, stories, and later interpretation. That makes quote-mining it especially misleading.
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May 3, 20269 min read
No, the U.S. did not enter World War II "to save the Jews" and World War II did not start "because of the Jews"
A source-backed correction to two linked falsehoods: the U.S. entered World War II after Pearl Harbor and Germany declared war, while the claim that Jews caused the war was Nazi propaganda used to justify persecution and murder.
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May 3, 20268 min read
Zionism is not the world's only ethnic or religious national movement
Zionism can be debated like any nationalism. But treating Jewish national self-determination as uniquely illegitimate ignores how common ethnic, religious, linguistic, and diaspora-linked national movements are.
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April 20, 202613 min read
Decoding Joseph Kent's NCTC resignation letter: what it says, what it implies, and which old stories it retells
A plain-language, line-by-line read of the March 2026 letter archived at the American Presidency Project: the flattering frame, the policy claims, and the antisemitic-adjacent tropes about wars, media, and "the lobby."
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April 20, 202612 min read
When 'Zionist' becomes a slur: meaning, history, and why language matters
What Zionism denotes in plain terms, how the word travels in politics and on social media, and why using it as a generalized insult can recycle old antisemitic patterns.
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