Tobin’s Take
Who denied the Palestinians a state?
Jonathan TobinApr 25, 2019
According to The New York Times, the re-election of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left Palestinian families seeing “no light at the end of the...
False narrative
Jonathan TobinApr 11, 2019
For critics of the pro-Israel community and US President Donald Trump, it was the ultimate “gotcha” moment. After months of having to listen to Jews and friends of...
City of David and the problem with Jerusalem
Jonathan TobinApr 04, 2019
Those who continue to deny the historical facts about Jewish Jerusalem got more bad news this week. Archaeologists working at the City of David site in Jerusalem...
The Israeli people are still ‘with the Golan’
Jonathan TobinMar 21, 2019
Sometimes, the best deals are the ones you don’t make. The news that Hezbollah is seeking to establish a cell in the Golan Heights from bases in Syria without the...
Bibi or Tibi?
Jonathan TobinMar 14, 2019
He’s done it again. After being called out for allegedly employing racist incitement against Israeli Arabs during election campaigns, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Abbas’ popularity alters Israeli politics
Jonathan TobinFeb 28, 2019
It was a rough week for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He saw his main opponents join forces. The Blue and White Party that resulted from this merger...
No evidence for Israeli ‘racism’
Jonathan TobinFeb 14, 2019
It’s a familiar refrain. Critics of Israel aren’t content to merely bash the policies of the government of the Jewish state. As part of their indictment, they allege...
The poster children
Jonathan TobinJan 24, 2019
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is the poster child for the Republican Party’s problem with right-wing extremism. His fate also provides an object lesson in how American...
The push for schism
Jonathan TobinJan 10, 2019
Jonathan Weisman doesn’t understand much about the nature of modern anti-Semitism. But Weisman, an editor at The New York Times and author of a remarkably obtuse book...
One day a pacifist, one day a warmongerer
Jonathan TobinDec 13, 2018
Maybe you thought that the discovery of tunnels built by Hezbollah under the border between Lebanon and Israel would generate a full-scale debate about the deadly nature...
