The Ghost of Herut: Albert Einstein on Israel, 70 Years Ago

70 years after Israel’s independence and Einstein’s letter, the country’s legacy is still marred with blood and violence. Despite the ongoing party in Tel Aviv, there is no reason to celebrate and every reason to mourn.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Scientist Albert Einstein, left, and Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, are pictured in the garden of the Einstein's home May 14, 1951. A friend said the two meeting for the first time since 1930 talked of "Relativity, freedom, Greek Philosophy, Spinoza--and no Politics". Ben Gurion is touring the country on behalf of Israel's $500,000,000 Bond Issue. (AP Photo)

Albert Einstein, along with other Jewish luminaries, including Hannah Arendt, published a letter in the New York Times on December 4, 1948. That was only a few months after Israel had declared its independence and as hundreds of Palestinian villages were being actively demolished after their inhabitants were expelled. The letter denounced

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On the Righteous Indignation of Zionists

“Zionist righteous indignation would be a lot more convincing if it wasn’t covered with so much crap.”

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
A mural of children using an Israeli army watch tower as a swing ride, presumably painted by British street graffiti artist Banksy, is seen on a wall at main wall at the main road in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. (AP/Adel Hana)

Zionist righteous indignation would be a lot more convincing if it wasn’t covered with so much crap. In response to an upcoming lecture planned in London where Dr. Azzam Tamimi and I are to speak at University College of London, UCL, the Jewish Chronicle came out with an article titled: “Jewish UCL students ‘horrified by anti-Israeli event.”

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Has Trump Killed The Two-State Solution?

Israelis, Palestinians & Americans weigh the prospects of a two-state solution under President Donald Trump.

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
President Donald Trump escorts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

UNITED NATIONS --- Hours before hundreds of people protested outside the White House and hundreds more gathered at over a dozen demonstrations across the United States on Feb. 15, President Donald Trump took aim at more than a decade and a half of foreign policy during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “So

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