Issue 18

September 2014
The Tower Magazine

Where the Shadiest Players Find a Home

Under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey is funding Hamas, helping Iran evade sanctions, and harboring a financier tied to 9/11. JONATHAN SCHANZER exposes how a purported NATO ally is undermining the rest of the West.

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Can Zionism Include Muslims?

Over the past century, the Zionist story has constantly changed to include new groups seeking a place in Israeli society. Now, as EINAT WILF explains, the next frontier of Zionism will include Israel's Arab population.

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Hamas Is Killing Gaza, One Child at a Time

In the Gaza War, Israeli troops faced an enemy willing to sacrifice its own civilians to gain in international sympathy. YARDENA SCHWARTZ spoke with the IDF soldiers who had to fight under truly inhuman conditions.

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So, Was the Gaza War Legal?

Accusations of Israeli "war crimes" and "genocide" have been thrown around with abandon. But these charges are not only false, argues DAVID DAOUD—they also are destroying the system of international law needed to stop real atrocities.

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Christians Respond to the War on the Jewish State

The country's biggest pro-Israel organization is also one of the most misunderstood. RICK RICHMAN on what pro-Israel Jews can learn from Christians United for Israel.

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PHOTOS: To Be Gay at Night in Tel Aviv

The city has been called the "Gay Capital of the World," and nowhere is this more evident than in the clubs. AVIRAM VALDMAN takes us there.

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