Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe11:52 PM • May 20 2026 IDTThe model guiding Israel-Diaspora relations over the years has Israel as the plucky younger brother, trying to make his way in the world with the help of his older, richer and more powerful sibling in America. American Jews are wealthy, politically influential and fully identified with Israel and the Zionist project, and will always be, or so it has been assumed. In the NewsIsraelis' Selective Compassion: Empathy Toward a Dog but Not Palestinian KidsOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but TruthHaaretz CartoonMKs Propose Unprecedented West Bank Antiquities Authority Operate in GazaBDS, but Not as You Know It: Sally Rooney Knows How to Identify a 'Good Israeli'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHundreds Protest at New York Times HQ Over Column Alleging Abuse by IsraelisICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Other Israeli OfficialsEverybody Loses in the Cynical Israeli-Palestinian Sexual Violence CompetitionIsraeli Settler Filmed Abusing Palestinian-owned Dog in West BankWelcome to the Most Shameful Day in the Jewish CalendarIsraeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter Attacked