Communists
On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard
On this day in 1955, Bulgarian MiG fighters brought down El Al Flight 402, killing all 58 people aboard and setting off a Cold War dispute over responsibility and justice.
From McCarthy to Trump: How the politics of fear made a comeback - opinion
The ‘secret’ behind the success of the CPC, the world’s largest governing party - opinion
'Murderer NATO': Over 100 anti-NATO protesters detained in Turkey ahead of Ankara summit
Newly discovered account of 1933 Reichstag fire casts doubt on Nazi narrative
The seat of the German parliament was burned down on February 27, 1933. Dutch Communist Marinus van der Lubbe was convicted of arson and executed.
Book review: Consistent inconsistency
Susan Linfield takes a look at eight intellectuals who have addressed the question of Zionism and the Left.
Middle Israel: The Prague Spring at 50, a status report
Freedom’s victory was inspiring, but tyranny – cunning, brazen and techy – is back on the attack.
Palestinian antisemitism: Skin deep, widespread and not well understood
This is generally how antisemitism manifests itself in Palestinian popular culture.
50 years old, Cannes Film Festival still sparks controversy
“I’M TALKING about solidarity with the students and workers, and you’re talking about tracking shots and close-ups!” Godard famously spat at someone who opposed closing the festival.
Two tragedies, and justice is required for both
It is my sincere hope that the Israeli people will recognize the Holodomor for what it was as we in Ukraine recognize the Holocaust.
#EU70 - 70th anniversary of the most important date in Europe's History
Was the Russian Revolution Jewish?
A hundred years after the Bolsheviks swept to power, historians and contemporaries still struggle to understand the prominent role played by Jews.
Middle Israel: Was the Bolshevik Revolution a Jewish plot?
Russian Jewry went to the Jewish state because here they would be free to study what they wish.
Sano founder and Israeli industrialist Bruno Landsberg dies at 97
Bruno Landsberg was an Israeli tycoon, philanthropist who fled both the Nazis and Communists in his native Romania.
