Palestine’s Tragedy
The recent Israeli Apartheid Week shamefully neglected Zionism's complaisance to peaceful co-existence
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Booking a Place in History
The publisher George Weidenfeld has died at the age of 96. In 2009, he looked back at an eventful life and forward to his vision of the future in a dialogue with
A Mad Call to Arms
As Middle East countries rush to acquire nuclear weapons, the Cold War stalemate will not apply in the region
The Promised Land?
Balfour & Weizmann: The Zionist, the Zealot and the Declaration which Changed the World by Geoffrey Lewis'A Senseless, Squalid War': Voices from Palestine 1945-1948 by Norman RoseOne State, Two States: Resolving the
Denying Israel’s Deniers
The British and Israeli novelists Howard Jacobson and A.B. Yehoshua discuss the new wave of anti-Jewish rhetoric with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson
Beirut: Blood on the Streets
‘Then the beating began. One of the new arrivals punched Christopher hard in the face. Two others grabbed his arm and started dragging him across the street. For the first time the
A Friend to All
An abridged version of an address at a memorial service for Rabbi Sidney Brichto, who died on 16 January 2009
Amoral Equivalence
Beyond Terror and Martyrdom by Gilles KepelThe Case Against Israel’s Enemies by Alan Dershowitz
A Norwegian Thatcher?
The leader of Norway's Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of winning next year's election. In an interview with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson, she explains her views; Bruce Bawer explains
Betraying the State of Israel
Jews fail to understand anti-Semitism disguised as anti-Zionism
Faking a Killing
The world reacted with horror when it saw a 12-year-old boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers. But the footage, it transpires, told a lie