Noah Rothman on Israel and Zionism

A sourced history of statements and actions associated with this topic.

Disputes concerning Israel, Zionism, and their relationship to Jewish identity and political advocacy.

Scope: Distinguishes criticism of Israeli policy, opposition to Zionism, and claims about Jewish people while documenting where participants dispute those boundaries.

Condemned1Distinct events · August 5, 2026–August 5, 2026 — Not selected; activate to add.Defended or excused0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Challenged the characterization0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Minimized0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Mixed or conditional0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.Explicitly stayed out0Distinct events · No published events — Not selected; activate to add.

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1 event on this page · Inclusive range: August 5, 2026–August 5, 2026

1 matching event · Inclusive range: August 5, 2026–August 5, 2026

1 total published event · Inclusive range: August 5, 2026–August 5, 2026

August 5, 2026Condemned
Addressed record
El-Sayed's cycle-of-violence framing rationalized the antisemitic attack or improperly shifted explanatory responsibility toward Israel and Jews.
“He agonized over whether to condemn an Islamist attack on a Michigan synagogue in which Jewish children were targets.”
Speaker capacity
Senior writer at National Review
Editorial rationale
The authored article treats El-Sayed's contextualization as a failure to distinguish terrorism from Israeli military action.
Michigan Is Everything for the GOP (opens in a new tab)

Rothman's authored analysis directly characterizes El-Sayed's response to the Temple Israel attack.

View context Abdul El-Sayed's cycle of violence framing after the Temple Israel attack