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The November issue of Commentary is now available.
Why liberal Jews need to reject the left, why the culture war is never-ending, and more.
With contributions from @AbeGreenwald, @jkirchick, @NaomiSRiley, @rcbl, @jpodhoretz.
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LISTEN: Our friends @continetti of the @WSJ and @JSchanzer of @FDD join us today to discuss Saudi Arabia’s Houthi bind, the possibility of the entire region being dragged into the conflict, the controversy over the shutdown of Starshield, which limited Ukraine’s ability to strike Russia, and the possibility of renewed Israeli/American offensives on Iran.
Plus, more election talk, and Matt recommends The Strategist by Eliot A. Cohen.
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If you believed that Israel was committing genocide, that it was creating a famine in Gaza, killing journalists and medical workers wantonly, and many other discredited conspiracies, you have been fully abandoned by Hamas.
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As more and more American Jews have internalized the mass mania demonizing Benjamin Netanyahu, they have also seemed to sour on Zionism, implicitly joining those who place the onus on Israel for the burgeoning anti-Semitism worldwide.
What kinds of people keep siding with their sworn enemies?
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Western civilization no longer bows down to physical idols, but we undoubtedly place products, people, and even nature itself on a pedestal and offer them worshipful praise that blinds us to their shortcomings.
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The joke in the newsroom, acceptable only because its subject’s monstrousness was unquestionable, went as follows: What were Robert Maxwell’s last words? Rose-blub.
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Brad Lander’s stunt was reminiscent of the self-humiliation ritual performed by Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna. In July, Khanna’s vehicle was temporarily stopped by the IDF in a military zone. Khanna had been trying to provoke settler violence, failed, and his companion released video showing that Khanna’s story about being detained was a fairytale.
@SethAMandel
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As of this writing, Russia is losing eight troops for every one Ukrainian fatality, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Russian troop deaths now stand at more than 450,000, with total casualties as high as 1.4 million.
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"Palestinianism is just a reflection of 'I hate the West, I hate my my society and I want to burn it down.'"
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LISTEN: NBC news analyst @SteveKornacki joins us today to discuss his “Kornacki Cam” and election night coverage, and to offer his predictions and historical perspective on some key races for house, senate, and governor.
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The main point is that Obama has Jimmy Carter Syndrome. Carter held two beliefs about Israeli-Palestinian peace: first, that Israel doesn’t want it; second, that ultimately a peace deal is about Jimmy Carter, not Israel or the Palestinians. So he spent much of his long post-presidency crusading against the Jewish state.
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"This is a major crisis for Macron's leadership."
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The U.S. is at war with Iran. Perhaps members of the administration would reject that terminology in order to preserve the president’s freedom of action regarding congressional oversight, but it is the reality of the situation. Some of Iran’s militias regularly fire on U.S. positions from outside Iran, killing Americans. Is it Barrack’s position that these militias aren’t America’s problem?
@SethAMandel
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What can Zelensky do to mitigate the risk that the president’s volatile mood swings pose to Ukraine? @SethAMandel
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Yuppies were paid handsomely for their abuse and found themselves with gobs of disposable income, which they disposed of in two ways that shifted the cultural and geographic landscape of New York: food and real estate.
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To most Americans, the proposition that natal males ought to be able to participate in girls’ athletics is one of those things that is so foolish as to require no explanation.
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"Donald Trump backs down when he faces political blowback . . . we've seen it over and over again."
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Macron is not a victim. Did he really expect Abbas to hold elections when he said he would?
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LISTEN: Today we discuss Vivek Ramaswamy’s new anti-Amy Acton ad in the Ohio gubernatorial race starring Acton’s mother and the injection of intra-family conflict into politics, as well as the ongoing unrest in France and Italy, Benny Gantz withdrawing from the Israeli elections, Pete Hegseth’s unannounced visit to Israel, JD Vance’s foreign endorsement hypocrisy, and the prospects of an attack on Iran prior to the elections.
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