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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

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Illustrative: Then-US secretary of state John Kerry, speaking at the Oxford Union at Oxford University, England, May 11, 2016. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
December 17, 2024, 4:06 pm
‘Toxic and polarizing’: Oxford Union debate on Israel genocide still roils
As counterterror police investigate an anti-Israel speaker’s statements at the November 28 event, Jewish students and panelists decry its contribution to climate of Jew-hatred
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: Then-US secretary of state John Kerry, speaking at the Oxford Union at Oxford University, England, May 11, 2016. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
November 25, 2024, 4:12 pm
Top UK university to debate if Israel is ‘an apartheid state responsible for genocide’
The exclusive Oxford Union society, which has hosted US presidents, celebrities and neo-Nazis, again courts controversy this week; its track record on Israel isn’t friendly
By Robert Philpot
US vice presidential candidates JD Vance (L) and Tim Walz (R) participate in a debate hosted by CBS News in New York, October 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
October 2, 2024, 10:44 am
At US VP debate, Vance signals he’d be okay with Israeli strike on Iran; Walz sidesteps
Democrat fumbles some answers in relatively civil, policy-heavy encounter; candidates clash on immigration, Republican refuses to say Trump lost 2020 vote, as early voting begins
By AP and ToI Staff
Composite photo of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) in Ramla on August 4, 2020, and Yair Lapid at the Knesset on May 17, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90, Knesset/Adina Veldman)
March 9, 2021, 11:29 pm
Netanyahu agrees to debate Lapid only if he ‘admits he is running for PM’
Opposition leader challenged premier on Sunday; New Hope leader Sa’ar also offers a debate invitation
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: High school students debate environmental issues online, June 15, 2020. (screenshot)
June 17, 2020, 6:12 am
Debating contest teaches Israeli highschoolers rules of dignified argument
Debating Matters to Us, modeled on UK program, brought 36 school teams to regional qualifiers and 12 to national finals, with focus on pressing environmental concerns
By Sue Surkes
From L to R: Tamir West, Tomer Zucker Omer Zilberberg and Maya Carmon hold the Israeli flag after winning the EurOpen debate competition in Stuttgart, Germany in November 2018. (courtesy)
November 20, 2018, 12:59 am
Israeli high schoolers crowned champions of European debate tournament
National team snags first place at EurOpen after undefeated showing at prestigious competition, despite boycott from Qatari team who used their time onstage to slam Israel
By ToI Staff
Rob Scheinberg
May 18, 2018, 3:04 pm
Rob Scheinberg
Laurel or Yanny? How about Israel or Gaza?
What an ambiguous computerized voice can teach about getting to peace in the Middle East
Rabbi Ira Dounn of the Princeton Center for Jewish Life addressing the Collegiate Moot Beit Din competition Sunday, April 15 as freshman Abraham Waserstein, who organized the event, looks on. (Courtesy of the Princeton Center for Jewish Life/via JTA)
April 24, 2018, 2:50 am
Does Judaism allow torture? These college students think so
Ancient Jewish texts are the only sources consulted in this Princeton University Jewish moot court competition that sees students from across the country debate a hot topic
By Ben Sales
Andrew Silow-Carroll
May 10, 2017, 3:49 pm
Andrew Silow-Carroll
Everyone is policing free speech
He wishes those on both sides of the political divide would hear each other, or what’s democracy for?
Arnold D. Samlan
March 28, 2017, 1:53 pm
Arnold D. Samlan
Your relevance is killing my seder
When your Haggadah is tailored to spoonfeed your values, you miss out on puzzling through your own questions
Peter Beinart, left, and Shmuley Boteach debate in Tel Aviv on December 6, 2015 (YouTube)
December 10, 2015, 4:56 am
In Tel Aviv debate, Boteach and Beinart disagree on most everything
Celebrity American rabbi and author spar over Hanukkah, Arab-Israeli conflict and plenty more in salon-style event for Anglos
By Simona Weinglass
Mitchel Malkus
September 18, 2015, 12:28 pm
Mitchel Malkus
Ancient wisdom for a hyper-partisan time
When public discourse dives into the gutter, Cicero, Hillel and Shammai offer models of civility
At a September 4, 2015 debate at the Comedy Cellar, lawyer Alan Dershowitz and Georgetown Prof. Matthew Kroenig argued against the Iran Deal. Dr. Jim Walsh of MIT and Fred Kaplan, an author and columnist for Slate, were in support of the deal. Harry Enten, a political writer for the news website fivethirtyeight.com, moderated. (Luke Tress/The Times of Israel)
September 6, 2015, 4:27 pm
Pulling the punchlines, NY comedy club plays host to Iran deal debate
Famous for launching star comedians’ careers, Greenwich Village’s Comedy Cellar becomes unlikely venue for a charged parley
By Luke Tress
Guests watch Republican presidential candidates speak during the first Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox News and Facebook in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 6, 2015. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
August 7, 2015, 7:42 am
GOP candidates find common ground critiquing Iran deal
In first 2016 debate, Rand Paul says he doesn’t have any ‘animus’ toward Israel, Ted Cruz vows to relocate embassy to Jerusalem
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog speaking on February 8, 2015. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 28, 2015, 5:00 am
Herzog: I’ll debate Netanyahu anytime, any place
Zionist Union leader says he skipped Thursday’s TV discussion with 8 other party leaders because ‘elections are about unseating PM’
By ToI Staff
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