Jerusalem
The elephant in the room that researchers have ignored.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s unification in the Six-Day War. It also marks the 100th anniversary of a fierce World War I battle that saved the city from destruction.
Jerusalem syndrome.
A contradictory and indefensible policy.
A message to the world that America stands by its allies.
How the Met, in its exhibition Jerusalem 1000-1400 and in its defense against critics of that exhibition, exploits the vocabulary of openness.
The Metropolitan Museum’s Jerusalem 1000-1400 masked centuries of struggle for power and survival in the Holy Land—and effaced both the presence and the subjugation of its Jews.
The Met’s presentation of Jerusalem as a vibrant trade hub and cultural melting pot is seductive, but false.
An exhibition on the diverse multiculturalism of medieval Jerusalem has been ecstatically received. There’s just one problem: the vision of history it promotes is a myth.
Empty threats.
Forcing Palestinians to acknowledge Israel’s historical claim to the land would provide them with an honorable basis for compromise.
Doing so can send a welcome message to Arab allies.
He built a wall, a tunnel, and a toilet.
And could even increase the odds for peace.