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0 Politics Israel

I helped sell Obama’s Iran deal. Its critics owe us all an explanation.

Steve Rabinowitz in JTA · 23 Jun

Steve Rabinowitz, who played a key role in promoting the Obama administration's Iran nuclear deal, reflects on the strategic failures following the United States' withdrawal from the agreement.

0 Politics Antisemitism

A new war revives some old tropes about Jewish and Israeli influence

Andrew Silow-Carroll in JTA · 4 Mar

Old narratives accusing Israel and Jewish influence of controlling American foreign policy have resurfaced amid a recent U.S.-Israel assault on Iran.

0 Politics Israel

Dave Smith Tells a Good Story About Israel. But the Facts Don’t Fit.

Coleman Hughes in The Free Press · 6 Oct 2025

Coleman Hughes critiques comedian Dave Smith's popular yet misleading narrative that Israel manipulated the United States into the Iraq War.

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Wingnuts vs. Factions

Michael Lind in Tablet · 23 May 2022

The article discusses the idea of the "wingnut theory of politics," which posits that public policy is made through a three-step process: taking over a wing of a major political party, taking over the party as a whole, and imposing a comprehensive platform on the country.

0 Politics History

Bye-Bye, Neocons

David P. Goldman in Tablet · 15 Dec 2016

Israeli leaders are relieved by Trump's election, seeing decreased threats of U.N. resolutions and a nuclear Iran, yet American Jewish neoconservatives like Bill Kristol opposed Trump, causing rifts within the Jewish community.