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Bret Stephens

Bret Stephens

The Age

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Why Netanyahu must go

Parliamentary democracies that find themselves saddled with bad leaders in moments of national emergency do well when they get rid of those leaders.

10.04.2024 10

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

The real meaning of Gaza’s tunnels

Gaza is not an open air prison, but a vast fortress cynically created by Hamas. That is why the war is a catastrophe for those who have to live...

29.01.2024 3

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

The genocide charge against Israel is a moral obscenity

In war, the killing ends when one side stops fighting. In a genocide, that’s when the killing begins.

19.01.2024 50

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

The case for Trump – by someone who wants him to lose

You can’t defeat a political opponent if you refuse to understand what makes him formidable. Trump got three big things right — or at least more...

14.01.2024 50

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

Antisemitism: A guide for the perplexed

It isn’t just Jews in the cross-hairs of antisemites. It’s freedom, education and human dignity.

17.12.2023 10

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

Campus antisemitism, free speech and double standards

Colleges have discovered the virtues of free speech only now, when the speech in question hurts Jews.

10.12.2023 10

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

The left is killing the prospects of a Palestinian state

Westerners who refuse to question Hamas’ theocratic despotism make a peaceful solution harder to achieve.

29.11.2023 10

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

The left is killing the prospects for a Palestinian state

Westerners who refuse to question Hamas’ theocratic despotism make a peaceful solution harder to achieve.

29.11.2023 10

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

Hamas is the sole cause of Gaza’s misery

The terror organisation profits as much from Palestinian deaths as it does from Jewish ones. But its cynicism does not stop there.

16.10.2023 3

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

Hamas’ control of Gaza must end now

It’s easy to note the parallels between Hamas’ attack on Israel and the 1973 Yom Kippur war. This war, too, can lead to a similar outcome.

08.10.2023 9

Financial Review

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