Natalie Portman says Israel’s nation-state law is ‘racist’
Director-actress Natalie Portman has recently spoken out against Israel’s controversial nation-state law.
Your Daily Spiel for August 28
J.K. Rowling recently got into a Twitter argument with fellow author Simon Maginn over his criticism of Jewish complaints about anti-Semitism in the U.K. Labour Party; Former Being Erica showrunner Aaron Martin is working on a new sci-fi show for Netflix, called Another Life; and several lawmakers from an Arab-Israeli political party are involved in an effort to get the U.N. General Assembly to officially condemn Israel’s nation-state law.
Diamond: Israel’s nation-state law is necessary, despite its flaws
The clumsy way in which it was implemented is unfortunate, because it has offered our enemies more fodder for their attacks on Israel.
Roytenberg: An attack on Israel’s minorities
According to David Roytenberg, Israel’s government must listen to the voices of members of Israel’s minority groups and reconsider the wisdom of the Basic Law.
Troy: The right idea in the wrong bill at the wrong time
Politics is all about perception and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government certainly should have been much more sensitive. It should have built a broad consensus behind the nation-state bill, which becomes a de facto part of Israel’s constitution, by playing to Israel’s best self and by reassuring the worried – not by riling up the yahoos and passing it by the narrowest of margins.
Shvili: Israel’s new Basic Law wastes time
Jason Shvili argues that Israel’s new Basic Law doesn’t change the status quo at all.
What’s so wrong about J Street’s opposition to the nation-state law?
Richard S. Levy takes issue with Barbara Kay’s criticism of J Street.
Tour confirmed we can criticize Israel because we care about it
In addition to societal challenges and violence, we witnessed great hope in the souls of the people who fight for human and equal rights in Israel. Their hope was not only contagious, it was concrete.
Kay: The scorpion in the Jewish world’s fire
When I consider the scourge of anti-Semitism in its present anti-Israel form, I often remember the scorpion from the Raj Quartet. Israel is small but powerful and rightly feared for its sting when attacked. It is ringed by external enemies, but it is also threatened by the venom produced within its own body.
Your Daily Spiel For August 7
Israeli Arab leaders filed a petition against the nation-state law; a new episode of Sacha Baron Cohen’s TV series Who Is America? premiered; Amazon removed racist and anti-Semitic products from its site.
