Category Archives: We Are For Israel

Harm Avoided, Harm Done

Posted on August 18, 2019 by

It’s been a difficult week for those of us who care about a strong relationship between the United States and Israel. The relationship has historically been much more one between the US Congress and Israel than one between any US … Continue reading →

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Current Reasonable Resolution to the Conflict 2019

Posted on May 20, 2019 by

INTRODUCTION: This article is a currently updated assessment of possibilities for a resolution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians taking into account broader Jewish-Arab conflicts. As relevant events occur, this article will be updated to account for them. Regional … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu Already Won

Posted on March 6, 2019 by

Looking at the Israeli elections right now, it appears questionable whether or not either side will be able to form a coalition now that Netanyahu has been indicted. Pre-indictment polls showed that a right leaning coalition could be formed with … Continue reading →

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Michelle Alexander and the Old Gray Lady and the misuse of Dr. King

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

I’m long past feeling any surprise at NY Times reports and columns about Israel that find truth to be a flexible commodity. Still, on the eve of Martin Luther King Day, Times columnist Michelle Alexander gives us a pot of … Continue reading →

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What Messy Breakup? A messy piece by a respected NY Times Journalist

Posted on January 7, 2019 by

By Phil Cohen My first reaction to Jonathan Weisman’s “American Jews and Israeli Jews are Headed for a Messy Breakup,” (Jan. 4, 2019) was, if this were handed to me as a paper in an undergraduate college class it would … Continue reading →

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My Visit to the Bialik House, Tel Aviv

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

by Phil Cohen I’m in Israel for a kind of classical tourist visit. My daughter Talia and I will truck around, visiting Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Tsfat, the Golan and Haifa. We’ve identified a couple of sites we haven’t seen before, … Continue reading →

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An Error in Israel Advocacy Reasoning by Phil Cohen

Posted on November 29, 2018 by

I’m writing this post in response to a piece written by a Swarthmore student that appeared in yesterday’s Algemeiner regarding the arrival on the Swarthmore campus of a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine that launched a BDS campaign. … Continue reading →

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The Old Double Standard Argument by Phil Cohen

Posted on November 21, 2018 by

You’ve probably heard that some 200 Airbnb spaces that lie west of the Green Line can no longer be part of the wildly successful international lodging company. The good folks at Arbnb Central have excluded the West Bank. This doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The Bewilderment of Gaza by Phil Cohen

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

I confess to a cavernous bewilderment at the events in and around the Gaza Strip. The Great March of Return has succeeded in shining a light on Gaza and bringing opprobrium on Israel. It’s also resulted in 200 dead Gazans … Continue reading →

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Podcast

Posted on October 9, 2018 by

You might be interested in a recent podcast found on Rabbi Richard Address’s Jewish Sacred Aging website where Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin and I have a go at the Nation-State law and a few other related issues from the perspective of … Continue reading →

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