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  • 1 month ago | spectator.org | Yardena Schwartz |David Schaefer

    Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine that Ignored the Arab-Israeli ConflictBy Yardena Schwartz(Union Square & Co., 432 pages, $30)In the immediate aftermath of the horrific Hamas attack on Israel of October 7, 2023, reasonably informed opinion in most of the world, excluding Muslim or Arab nations, expressed shock and sympathy.

  • 2 months ago | forward.com | Yardena Schwartz

    When far-right Israeli ministers suggested during the war in Gaza that Israel should facilitate the voluntary transfer of Gaza's population, the idea was considered preposterous. To hear the president of the United States propose the expulsion of Gaza's 1.8 million people is another level of shocking.

  • 2 months ago | tjvnews.com | Sholom Schreirber |Josef Joffe |Yardena Schwartz

    By: Josef Joffe“Ghosts of a Holy War” stands out as one of last year’s most under-reviewed and yet most read-worthy books on the Middle East. It spans the Hundred Years’ War between Arabs and Jews over a piece of real estate the size of New Jersey and was praised by Israel’s major papers. Apart from the Wall Street Journal, it was basically overlooked in the United States. It deserves better.

  • Oct 13, 2024 | jpost.com | Neville Teller |Yardena Schwartz

    “The forces that drove Arabs in Hebron to slaughter their Jewish neighbors in 1929,” she writes, “were identical to the forces behind October 7.” Yardena Schwartz, author of Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict, is an award-winning American-born journalist who spent 10 years living and working in Israel. In 2019, she was handed the sort of literary treasure that most journalists can only dream of. Ten years earlier, Suzie Lazarus (née...

  • Sep 1, 2024 | postguam.com | Yardena Schwartz

    Republicans have repeatedly tried - and failed - to win over Jewish Americans, who have historically supported Democrats in overwhelming numbers. One memorable attempt was the campaign by Donald Trump and others on the right to falsely portray Barack Obama as a closeted Muslim who should be feared by those of other faiths. American Jews were not as bigoted as they hoped: Obama won 78% of the Jewish vote in 2008 and 70% in 2012. This election, however, feels different. Since Oct.

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10 Apr 25

RT @AJCGlobal: Since her release from Hamas captivity, Liri Albag has been outspoken in her advocacy for the hostages still held in Gaza. T…

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10 Apr 25

RT @AviMayer: @AlbarghouthiAla This is, of course, idiotic and false. The Jews of Hebron had been there for generations when they were sla…

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10 Apr 25

RT @MattiFriedman: A war that starts with a Hamas massacre leads to a Canadian prime minister endorsing a conspiracy theory about Jews