Smotrich was not invited to the Israel Day Parade in New York. He crashed it. He should have stayed away. His extremist views do harm to the US-Israel relationship.

Director Parker Finn with his ‘POSSESSION’ remake stars Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner. (via: @VanityFair | vanityfair.com/hollywood/sto…)

Also useful to think about wars USA has fought in the last century. How many were just? WWII Korea certainly. Gulf War I. WWI was unjust overall but our entry was probably just. Vietnam became unjust but I don't think it was necessarily so. Afghanistan was just at the start.

Abdul El-Sayed, who is Muslim, walks a fine line on the Jewish state. On Tuesday night, he told the crowd—as he does often—that his problem is not with Jews. “All of us love and revere Jewish folk, our Jewish neighbors, the faith of Judaism,” he said, hands outstretched. Later that night, in a makeshift spin room assembled by the campaign, he rebuffed my question on whether he believes in Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. “What do you mean by ‘Jewish state?’ ” he retorted, narrowing his eyes. “If you can’t answer that question, I’m not going to answer it.” For someone who often waves around his respect for Judaism, he seemed unaware of something elementary: Judaism is not only a religion, but a people with a long-standing connection to Israel that runs through its prayers, traditions, and history.