Allison Kaplan Sommer

2 weeks ago | haaretz.com | Allison Kaplan Sommer

Apr 7, 2025 10:47 pm IDTSend in e-mailSend in e-mail Apr 7, 2025 10:47 pm IDTAnniversaries are clearly more definitive and impressive when they represent a full year mark – only eager children awaiting a party in six months celebrate their half-birthdays. NameEnter the commenter display nameBy adding a comment, I agree to this site’sTerms of useFast track approval of subscriber comments. SUBSCRIBE Already signed up? LOG IN Paid by Sela Infrastructures LTD

3 weeks ago | haaretz.com | Allison Kaplan Sommer

Haaretz Today | Not only do 'Qatargate' and 'Watergate' rhyme, but the unfolding Israeli affair has numerous echoes of the original for those of us old enough to remember it. There is one clear difference between the two scandals, thoughMar 31, 2025 6:46 pm IDTSend in e-mailSend in e-mail Mar 31, 2025 6:46 pm IDTDid you hear the one about the prime minister whose criminal corruption trial was interrupted so he could be summoned for questioning by police in an even more serious criminal case?

1 month ago | haaretz.com | Allison Kaplan Sommer

Haaretz Today | The Israeli government's 'Voluntary Emigration Bureau for Gaza residents' and U.S. President Donald Trump's ugly threats for undocumented immigrants to 'self-deport voluntarily' share the same cruel spirit Mar 25, 2025 7:01 pm IST Send in e-mailSend in e-mail Mar 25, 2025 7:01 pm IST On the surface, the Israeli government's newly launched plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza and the Trump administration's aggressive policies to oust foreigners from the United States are very...

1 month ago | haaretz.com | Allison Kaplan Sommer

Dropping Bombs on Gaza Again, Netanyahu Can Accuse His Critics of Wartime TreasonNetanyahu plunged Israel into renewed hostilities with Hamas, with the knowledge that mobilizing for war demands the utmost level of unity – and required putting the man he had just blatantly discredited at the helm

1 month ago | haaretz.com | Allison Kaplan Sommer

In an interview with the Haaretz Podcast, fully transcibed here, Peter Beinart argues why Israel has no right to exist as a Jewish state, discusses the horrors in Gaza and where he sees signs of hope within the American-Jewish communityThe following is the full transcript of an interview between Allison Kaplan Sommer and Peter Beinart for the Haaretz Podcast. It has been edited for clarity.