Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, released last year and now available on Amazon Prime, is ostensibly about the American ping pong star Marty Reisman. It pays far more attention to his inclinations as a hustler rather than to his talent as an athlete. This will come as no surprise to those who are familiar with his […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on July 28 unfolded against the backdrop of their divergent priorities regarding the lingering war in Iran. Netanyahu seeks a more aggressive approach to Iran, being intent on finishing a war that was paused by a ceasefire that has been repeatedly broken […]
There is a glaring disconnect between Israel’s sagging popularity in the United States and President Donald Trump’s regard and respect for Israel. By virtually every yardstick, Trump is the most pro-Israel president in American history. During his first term, he moved the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the […]
President Donald Trump’s new nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia has already become mired in confusion. Within 24 hours of its announcement, Trump appeared to rewrite one of its most important conditions. On July 23, the United States announced that it would build a civilian nuclear program in Saudi Arabia, causing consternation in Israel. The deal, […]
New York mayor Zohran Mamdani engaged in political theater when he recently reiterated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and should be arrested if he sets foot in the city. Netanyahu intends to travel to New York to attend the new session of the United Nations General Assembly, which opens on […]
The United States and Iran are enmeshed in a no-war, no-peace deadlock that could easily escalate into an all-out war again should there be no major diplomatic breakthrough. The war that the United States and Israel initiated against Iran on February 28 has mutated into a bruising war of attrition, which has oscillated between periods […]
Nazi villains were a staple of early 1940s Hollywood movies, especially after the United States’ entry into World War II following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Above Suspicion, a 122-minute film released by MGM in 1943 and broadcast on the Turner Classic Movie channel recently, was model of this fairly short-lived phenomenon, which included movies […]
July is a month to remember in the annals of Iranian-inspired terrorism against Jews. On July 18, 1994, a massive explosion tore through the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, killing 84 people and wounding more than 300, in the deadliest antisemitic incident since the Holocaust. Israel and Argentina blamed Iran and its proxy, Hezbollah, […]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the face of the Islamic Republic of Iran for eight years. As Iran’s president from 2005 to 2013, he brutally suppressed domestic protests, constantly called for Israel’s destruction, and perversely denied the Holocaust. He played a central role in the formation of the Axis of Resistance, the regional alliance arrayed against Israel, […]
A prominent Jewish American has dispensed a message of tough love to Israel. It is worth listening to. Rahm Emanuel was in Israel earlier this month to deliver a sober and blunt speech at Tel Aviv University about the future of Israel’s relationship with its greatest ally, the United States. “I flew here from Chicago […]