Tobin’s Take
Reeducation camps — Jewish ones
Jonathan TobinJun 07, 2018
According to some young American Jews, it’s time to start telling kids the truth about Israel. Upset about what they consider to be a steady diet of pro-Israel...
Maybe, not missing the opportunity?
Jonathan TobinMay 31, 2018
Can the Palestinians finally not miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity? That paraphrase of Abba Eban’s famous quote provides the key question to ask about the...
Netta beats ‘nakba’
Jonathan TobinMay 24, 2018
The results of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest and the reactions to it were as disturbing to foreign Israel-haters as they were to some of the nation’s most fervent...
The significance of the embassy move
Jonathan TobinMay 17, 2018
For decades, it was a consensus issue. Israel’s supporters of all political stripes agreed that the refusal of the US to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was...
Iran’s lies matter
Jonathan TobinMay 03, 2018
While Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks contained dramatic revelations about a secret Iranian nuclear program and proof that Iran had been lying for years, up to the...
The futility of ‘never again’
Jonathan TobinApr 12, 2018
On Wednesday evening, April 11, Jews in Israel and around the world marked the annual commemoration of Yom HaShoah, the day of remembrance of the Holocaust. It is a time...
In denial about Mahmoud Abbas
Jonathan TobinMar 29, 2018
PASSOVER EDITION 5778 SECTION A PAGE 5 Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas keeps telling the world what he thinks. The curious thing is not that he makes...
Here, Trump has gone establishment
Jonathan TobinMar 15, 2018
It turns out that in some cases, the Trump administration can behave just like its predecessors. President Donald Trump has been rightly accused of smashing precedents...
Gun control discourse is hot air
Jonathan TobinFeb 22, 2018
Jewish groups don’t hesitate to weigh in after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., but the futile nature of the discussion about guns points toward...
Gaza needs to look in the mirror
Jonathan TobinFeb 15, 2018
Gaza is broke. As the Feb. 12 front-page New York Times feature explained at length, the conflict between the Gaza Strip’s Hamas overlords and the Fatah party that...
