Jack Mirkinson

Everything is a blood libel. The ICJ ruling, a libel. The ICC warrants, a libel. The UN reports, libel. Amnesty, HRW, B'Tselem, libel. Survivors' testimony, libel. Your own soldiers charged at Sde Teiman, a libel. Chants at protests, libel. The only entity on Earth that never lies, apparently, is the one currently on trial for genocide.

Meanwhile, the "Jewish rape dogs" hoax has been refuted not because it's a slur against Jews, but because the American Kennel Club attests it's an impossibility for dogs.

Following the publication by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times of one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press, which also received the backing of the newspaper, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar have instructed the initiation of a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

Your cut-out-and-keep guide to what's happening in England:

Wooo, Sarah Chihaya's Bibliophobia is a Pulitzer finalist!! (And congrats to winner Yiyun Li.)

Respectfully, this is precisely why it's important for leaders to criticize stances advocating violence. And it's great to engage if you're going to actually challenge the stance. But if you engage and you don't challenge it, lots of people are going to think you're cool with it. Which really doesn't help anyone.

professional news: after six years of freelancing, today is my first day as a full-time senior writer at rolling stone. my beat is the same: politics, culture, guns, sports & bits of the world people usually don’t see. so stoked to write more for the best magazine in the game.