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Trump’s plan • Operation Embrace • Arboreal delights The Jerusalem R RFEBRUARY 10, 2020 eporCOVERING ISRAEL, THE MIDDLE EAST & THE JEWISHt WORLD Portrait of a sculptor Varda Yoran’s storied journey took her from China to the US via Israel 7415 המחיר בישראל: ₪21.00 באילת: ₪17.90 NY & North NJ $4.00 Elsewhere in US $5.50 New from Gefen The Longer, Shorter Path • By Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon [A] must-read for anyone “interested in understanding Israel, Zionism, and the security establishment. —Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Amos Yadlin, Executive Director, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University Navigates the paradox of Israel’s strategic predicament with the Palestinians by offering a practical approach that will preserve both Israel’s Jewish and democratic character and the faint but flickering hope for an eventual peace. —Robert Satloff, Executive Director, “ Washington Institute for Near East Policy HC | 536pp | 9789657023006 | $29.95 | 128 NIS Look for us on | Available at Amazon, Steimatzky, Pomeranz, selected bookstores, and Gefen Books NJ ([email protected]). The Jerusalem VIEWPOINTS 6 Planning for a (much) more crowded Israel R by Ben Dansker Report 7 The Wagner Syndrome by Jane Biran 25 All roads lead to Jerusalem by Shoshana Tita 37 Uniqueness and unity in Israel by Ynon Reiner ISRAEL COURTESY VARDA YORAN VARDA COURTESY 16 Leaps of faith by Amotz Asa-El 20 The Jewish journey to Hebron by Bradley Martin 26 Coming alive at the Dead Sea by Robert Hersowitz 28 On the trail by Wendy Blumfield 32 Hydroponic gardening in Baka and beyond by Judith Sudilovsky 8 Portrait of a sculptor Varda Yoran’s storied journey led her from China to the US via Israel SECURITY by Steve Linde 18 The Mahdi Doctrine Soleimani and the rising prince of Persia by Brian Schrauger MARKETPLACE 30 Vayyar sees through walls by Shlomo Maital JEWISH WORLD 24 Yocheved Sidof, founder of Lamplighters JONATHAN ERNST / REUTERS / ERNST JONATHAN Yeshivah in Brooklyn by Joseph Scutts 34 Gabriel Isaac, Gandhi’s forgotten lieutenant by Shimon Lev COMMENTARY 38 The Palestinian Authority donor machine by David Bedein 14 Peace in our time? HISTORY Trump’s Deal of the Century is presented to Netanyahu and Gantz 40 How it really was! Singing the songs of by Mark Weiss European Jewish life by Avraham Avi-hai BOOKS 42 On the variety of genius: A conversation with COURTESY Norman Lebrecht by Inna Rogatchi 44 Arboreal delights: The Highgate Haggadah for Tu Bishvat by Mordechai Beck PEOPLE AND THE BOOK 46 Tu Bishvat: The Jewish people’s new year of the trees by David Geffen DEPARTMENTS 2 Letter from the Editor 22 Operation Embrace: NGOs help Israelis living near Gaza 3 Opening Shot by Linda Gradstein 4 Crossword 5 14 Days Cover photo of Varda Yoran by Ana De Orbegoso 48 On the Front Lines FEBRUARY 10, 2020 SHVAT 15, 5780 VOLUME XXXI NO. 4 Published By: THE JERUSALEM REPORT ISGAP PUBLICATIONS LTD. 2008 FROM THE EDITOR P.O. Box 1805, Jerusalem 91017 Tel. (972-2) 531-5660 Sharansky on antisemitism Editorial: [email protected] Subscriptions: [email protected] RISING ANTISEMITISM should not be Website: www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report seen as a primarily Jewish problem but one that needs to be tackled by every country ex- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Steve Linde periencing it, according to former Soviet dis- SENIOR EDITORS: Amotz Asa-El (News), Eric Mandel (Security), Linda Gradstein (Features), sident and Jewish Agency chairman Natan Shlomo Maital (Economics), Sharansky. Mordechai Beck (Arts), Ralph Amelan (Books) “Of course, Jews – as the target of this most SENIOR CORRESPONDENTS: Judith Sudilovsky, ancient hatred – had to develop ways to protect Patricia Golan themselves,” Sharansky told me while sipping CORRESPONDENTS: Bangkok: Tibor Krausz cider at a Jerusalem café. “The establishment New York: Mark Banschick Paris: Bernard Edinger of the State of Israel turned tables on the situa- Natan Sharansky Monte Jacobson Julie Masis London: Moscow: tion, when Jews finally reclaimed an opportu- CONTRIBUTORS: Mark Weiss, Robert Horenstein, Greer Fay Cashman, Benita Levin, nity to shape own future.” cartoon that pictures Ariel Sharon eating Arab Avraham Avi-hai, Amiel Ungar, Neville Teller, Sharansky warned that an antisemitic sit- children with their blood all over his face – or Shula Kopf, Paul Alster, David Geffen, uation can quickly deteriorate out of control, the moment you apply to Israel the standards Robert Hersowitz, Françoise Ouzan especially in Europe. “Whenever I go to a Ho- that don’t apply to anybody else – like when locaust museum, I always see how rich Jewish Israel is denounced for violating human rights COPY EDITOR: Avraham Gold life was a natural integral part of Europe in the more than all the world dictators together – GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Daniela Michal Gleiser 1930s, whether it be France, Belgium, Italy, then it’s antisemitism.” EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Frieda Jacobowitz Poland or Ukraine. But the ease with which As a result of his 3D Test, Sharansky said, ILLUSTRATOR: Pepe Fainberg these communities were destroyed and killed there is now an international definition of an- CEO JERUSALEM POST GROUP: shows how thin the layer of culture and hu- tisemitism that includes the principle that some Inbar Ashkenazi manity is in liberal Europe.” forms of criticism of Israel are clearly antise- ADVERTISING After the Holocaust, he said, antisemitism mitic. “Today the core element of the self-iden- COMMERCIAL MANAGER: Yehuda Weiss morphed from targeting Jews to targeting Israel. tity of every Jew is the connection to Israel. Tel. 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