Tablet Magazine

19 January 2026

1 Shevat 5786

Yes, Israel Can Apply Israeli Law to the West Bank

‘International law’ hardly demands a ‘two-state solution’ to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nor can it properly limit Israel’s sovereignty over its own territory.

byEugene Kontorovich

“I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank,” President Donald Trump said in response to a question from a journalist last September. The statement is one of the few aspects of his foreign policy that appears to have cheered Democrats. It came after a symbolic, nonbinding vote in the Knesset in support of applying Israeli civil law in the area. But the Knesset never used the term ‘annexation,’ and for good reason....

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The Jewish Test

History has already run the experiment that Tucker Carlson and his friends are urging upon us. The results are not favorable for America.

byMichael Doran

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18 Questions: Amanda Hirsch

The podcaster and pop culture expert on the best Jewish tradition and what the government is really up to with alternate side parking

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The Jewish Test

History has already run the experiment that Tucker Carlson and his friends are urging upon us. The results are not favorable for America.

byMichael Doran

JANUARY 2026 PRINT EDITION

18 Questions: Amanda Hirsch

The podcaster and pop culture expert on the best Jewish tradition and what the government is really up to with alternate side parking

byRina Raphael

Is This Time Different in Iran?

After decades of treating the Islamic Republic with kid gloves, American and Israeli hard power exposed the regime’s weakness and fueled historic protests

byPeter Theroux

Iran’s Revolution

The people urging President Trump to negotiate with the Iranian regime don’t understand what they are looking at

byBernard-Henri Lévy

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Jeeves Speaks

P.G. Wodehouse is the funniest writer in the English language, and should be forgiven for making broadcasts for the Nazis

byDavid Samuels

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The Red House Report

Nazi Germany’s secret plans for an economic Fourth Reich

byAdam LeBor

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The New Romantics

Today’s ‘romantasy’ book craze reveals young readers yearning for something highly modern yet also traditional—fantasies that feel increasingly elusive off the page

byStephanie H. Murray

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The Red House Report

Nazi Germany’s secret plans for an economic Fourth Reich

byAdam LeBor

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Missing the Point

Critics for ‘The New Yorker,’ ‘The Guardian,’ NPR, etc. all carefully avoid telling their readers what ‘Sirāt’ is about

byArmin Rosen

JANUARY 2026 PRINT EDITION

The New Romantics

Today’s ‘romantasy’ book craze reveals young readers yearning for something highly modern yet also traditional—fantasies that feel increasingly elusive off the page

byStephanie H. Murray

JANUARY 2026 PRINT EDITION

Missing the Point

Critics for ‘The New Yorker,’ ‘The Guardian,’ NPR, etc. all carefully avoid telling their readers what ‘Sirāt’ is about

byArmin Rosen

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