Must Israel Exist?
byWhat gives the State of Israel a ‘right to exist’ depends on the ideological lens through which one understands our moment of history.
Opinion
Addressing the Canary Mission Accusation
byDespite efforts to tie me to a pro-Israel doxxing site, VISION upholds its critique of the Hasbara industry.
Awarding the Emperor an Independence Day Prize
byThe image of Israel awarding its highest civilian honor to Donald Trump projects the very opposite of Jewish independence & empowerment.
Stronger Alone
byWhen Israel inevitably returns to war with Iran, it should do so without a globally overcommitted & fundamentally disinterested United States.
The Pollard Dilemma: Sovereign Architecture Versus Strategic Contract
byTwo primary load-bearing walls can’t compete for the same space. One must be the foundation & the other must be secondary. This is the deeper lesson of Jonathan Pollard’s story & the choice he made.
On Orla & Indigeneity
byThe relationship between the people of Israel & our land is not incidental but actually structural.
A ‘Good Republican’ Won’t Save the Jews
byAligning the US Jewish community with American conservatism ultimately advances the ideological & civilizational tilt of Israel’s historic adversaries.
The Spirit of Change
byHistorical materialism has an essential spiritual deficiency that only Israel has the ability to correct.
The Shallow Application of Memory
byOn Purim, Jews don’t celebrate the overthrow of a hegemonic empire but instead commemorate mere survival within that empire’s ideological confines.
On Auto-Alienation
byAuto-alienation can only be accomplished with the active assistance of what Fanon calls a ‘national bourgeoisie’ within the colonized population.
That Anti-Semitism Commercial Reinforces Anti-Semitism
byRobert Kraft’s Super Bowl ad is an extravagant caricature of the US Jewish community’s many fruitless efforts to fight anti-Semitism while unwittingly reinforcing anti-Jewish tropes.
Karl Popper’s Anti-Israel Bias
byKarl Popper’s divorce of history from rhythm, direction, or inherent meaning naturally identified Israel’s Torah as its primary ideological foe.