Dov Waxman is the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Dov Waxman
By Dov Waxman
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Opinion Antisemitism isn’t just ‘Jew-hatred’ — it’s anti-Jewish racism
Understanding that antisemitism can take many forms — not just hostility toward Jews — is crucial to combating it
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Opinion Trump’s peace plan didn’t kill the two-state solution. It was already dead.
After years of waiting, numerous delays, endless speculation and a lot of hype, the Trump administration’s much-anticipated peace plan for Israel and Palestinewas finally unveiled Tuesday. Predictably, it was greeted with very mixed reactions. Prime Minister Netanyahu, desperate to distract domestic attention from his multiple criminal indictments for corruption, effusively praised the plan, while President…
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Opinion Israel’s Democracy Is On The Ballot In The Upcoming Elections
Since Prime Minister Netanyahu chose to have another general election later this year—rather than give Benny Gantz of the Blue and White party a chance to form a governing coalition—all attention has been focused on whether Netanyahu’s gamble will pay off and enable him to form a new government and possibly avoid criminal prosecution for…
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Opinion New Israeli Elections Could Force Netanyahu To Annex The West Bank. Americans Must Protest.
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s failure to assemble a new rightwing coalition government has averted the danger that Israel will soon begin formally annexing parts of the West Bank. But this danger has not disappeared entirely. It has only been postponed. A few days before Israel’s April election, Netanyahu made a bold pledge in an interview on…
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Opinion Is There A Silver Lining To Increasing Anti-Semitism?
As Jewish Community Centers across the United States recently celebrated Purim, seven more received anonymous bomb threats. Despite the normally cheerful Purim festivities, the prevailing mood among American Jews is grim. Whether or not they’re in a state of panic, as some commentators have debated, there’s undoubtedly widespread anxiety among American Jews today, after more…
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Opinion How Right-Wing Critics Who Slammed My Book Proved Its Point on Israel
My recently published book, “Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel,” is not a polemic. It is not a critique of Israel. In fact, it is not really about Israel at all. It’s about how American Jews relate to Israel and increasingly fight over Israel — an argument that says much more…
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Opinion Where Is Our Compassion?
It is all too easy to become inured to the horrors of war. What at first shocks us soon ceases even to arouse our attention. After decades of violent conflict, Israelis have become tragically accustomed to violence. Operation Protective Edge is just the latest in a long line of military operations and wars that Israel…
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