Yair Rosenberg

United States

Staff writer, @TheAtlantic. Teller of stories, troller of Nazis. Newsletter: https://t.co/DzNv9fV6EO Music: https://t.co/SJi84fBgew

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Trump Sides With the Israeli People Against Netanyahu

2 days ago | theatlantic.com | Yair Rosenberg

Today, Hamas freed Edan Alexander, its sole remaining living American hostage. The release was the result of a back-channel dialogue between the United States and the terrorist group ahead of Donald Trump’s arrival in the region this week.
Trump’s Inevitable Betrayal of His Supporters

5 days ago | rsn.org | Yair Rosenberg

Trump never meant to keep his promises. His voters are starting to notice. On Sunday, Donald Trump went on TV and told Americans that their children should make do with less. “They don’t need to have 30 dolls; they can have three,” the president said on Meet the Press. “They don’t need to have 250 pencils; they can have five.” Critics were quick to point out the irony of America’s avatar of excess telling others to tighten their belt. But the problem with Trump’s remark goes beyond the optics.
Trump’s Inevitable Betrayal of His Supporters

6 days ago | theatlantic.com | Yair Rosenberg

On Sunday, Donald Trump went on TV and told Americans that their children should make do with less. “They don’t need to have 30 dolls; they can have three,” the president said on Meet the Press. “They don’t need to have 250 pencils; they can have five.” Critics were quick to point out the irony of America’s avatar of excess telling others to tighten their belt. But the problem with Trump’s remark goes beyond the optics.
Inside the Fight Over Trump’s Foreign Policy

3 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Yair Rosenberg

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. If there’s one thing people thought they knew about Donald Trump’s second term, it was that he would take the fight to Iran.
The Lies About Josh Shapiro Have Consequences

3 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Yair Rosenberg

Early Sunday morning, a man named Cody Balmer allegedly attempted to burn down the official residence of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, just hours after Shapiro and his family had finished their Passover seder. Photos from the scene captured the charred remains of the religious books they’d used that evening.
Meta Could Fight Harassment If It Wanted To

4 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Yair Rosenberg

Here’s a way to combat hate on social media without quashing speech. The Maccabeats are the premier Jewish a cappella group in America. Their bubblegum bops have drawn millions of views on YouTube, live gigs around the world, and a devoted following on social media. But on January 27, the group’s lighthearted attempt to dance the hora turned into an anti-Semitic mosh pit.
Trump’s Anti-Semitism Agenda Isn’t About Jews

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Yair Rosenberg

The Trump administration wants you to know that it’s just looking out for Jews. In recent weeks, the White House has cited anti-Semitism as the motivation for many of its controversial moves, whether deporting foreign students who allegedly engaged in pro-Hamas activism or threatening to pull millions of government dollars from Ivy League schools.
Why Right-Wing Influencers Keep Saying the Jews Killed JFK

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Yair Rosenberg

When the National Archives and Records Administration released previously unseen documents relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy last week, the world learned something interesting. It was not anything new about who killed the president, but rather how long it takes anti-Semites to pretend to read some 63,000 pages about his murder before going back to saying that the Jews did it. The answer: less than 24 hours.
Why Right-Wing Influencers Keep Saying the Jews Killed JFK

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Yair Rosenberg

When the National Archives and Records Administration released previously unseen documents relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy last week, the world learned something interesting. It was not anything new about who killed the president, but rather how long it takes anti-Semites to pretend to read some 63,000 pages about his murder before going back to saying that the Jews did it. The answer: less than 24 hours.
The Gaza Cease-Fire Was Always Going to End

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Yair Rosenberg

Neither Israel nor Hamas is willing to tolerate the other’s existence. When Israel and Hamas finally agreed to a cease-fire in January, many outside observers credited the agreement to Donald Trump’s commitment to peace. Unlike Joe Biden, the story went, America’s new president was willing to put the screws to Israel to compel quiet in Gaza and would keep the deal on track. These claims completely misread the map.