October 17, 2012 | 3:57 am

October 17, 2012

Posted by Shmuel Rosner

A member of Mitt Romney's staff hangs an Israeli flag on their plane en route to Tel Aviv, July 28, 2012. (Photo: Reuters)

In-depth

Overcautious Obama

The United States must take the lead in Syria in order to rescue the people, the region and the American image, writes Anne-Marie Slaughter for Project Syndicate.

No one speaks for the Syrian people in the Oval Office every morning. No one adds up the costs of betraying, yet again, what America claims to stand for, even while witnessing people willing to march – in the face of bullets – for precisely those universal values: dignity, freedom, democracy, and equality. The cost is yet another generation of Middle Eastern youth who will believe the worst about the US, no matter how far-fetched the rumor or extreme the claim.

 

The Failure of the American Jewish Left

Writing in the Middle East Quarterly, David Brog accuses leftist American Jews of facilitating a drop in support for Israel.  

One should not be surprised that so many students blame Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East. Few people are telling them otherwise. College campuses are increasingly hostile places where myths about Israel are spread by both faculty and students. America's students have a lot to learn, and most are actually quite hungry to do so. The Arab-Israeli conflict is far more complex than either Israel's leading detractors or critics like [Peter] Beinart and [Jeremy] Ben Ami care to concede. There is history—much of it very recent—that casts serious doubt on their one-sided claims.

Daily Digest

• Times of Israel: Netanyahu may seek to legalize West Bank outposts
• Haaretz: Only one Israeli leader can unseat Netanyahu: Netanyahu
• Jerusalem Post: Army communications battalion holds war drill
• Ynet: Report: Hezbollah drone made in Germany
• New York Times: Iran Sanctions May Cut Supply of Currency
• Washington Post: Egypt’s Islamist revival most evident at the grass roots
• Wall Street Journal: Obama, Romney and the Jews

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