Behind the Bundestag’s vote against banning the political arm of Hezbollah
Germany’s political parties shut down a motion to ban Hezbollah in large part because of the messenger: the right-wing Alternative fur Deutschland.
The winners and losers of Israel’s 2019 Eurovision Song Contest
The contest lured expected calls for boycotts by Israel-haters, but the show went on—almost without a hitch—at the Expo Tel Aviv convention center. During the vote tally, representatives from other countries praised Israel’s top-notch production.
Communal pressure helps put pro-Israeli speakers on teacher-training program in Switzerland
A course designed for high school teachers on the Israeli-Arab conflict now offers a better range of opinions after an immediate outcry that it was biased.