In today’s America, “a great many Zionists don’t know they’re Zionists,” marvels Commentary’s Seth Mandel, because “bloated interpretations of Zionism are more often than not the result of anti-Zionist projection.” Jews “are a minority,” which means that “anti-Zionists have a built-in advantage in shaping narratives” and have falsely defined Zionism as “claiming exclusive Jewish rights to the West Bank and/or Gaza, endorsing inequality between Jews and Palestinians,” etc., as opposed to simple support of “Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.” In this atmosphere, many other American “Jews know they’re Zionists but don’t want to say so.” Anti-Zionists “set the terms of the debate in America’s educational institutions” and “have succeeded in pushing the truth underground.” Britain’s “bad reputation” for “hounding its leaders” out of office in “petulant fashion” is spooking global markets, warns The Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, as investors perceive the UK as diving into “every rabbit hole of the culture war.” Right now, Labour’s left wing is eager to dump PM Keir Starmer to “clear the way for more spending on runaway benefits” — the fear of which has already “pushed up the borrowing cost” of British debt. The child-care-cost problem progressives hope to address “is one of their own creation.” Indeed, “New York is the second-worst state in the country for burdensome regulations,” and generally, “child care is more expensive in heavily regulated states, and paying for it consumes a greater share of the average family’s income.” Yet instead of “pursuing regulatory reform,” Mamdani and Gov.
Author: Post Editorial Board
Published at: 2026-02-11 22:47:06
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