A superb piece: Sam Harris explains why, though he has criticisms of Israel, he won’t debate Israel’s critics

Why It's Futile To Debate Israel's Enemies

There is only one nation on Earth that must continually argue for its right to exist, even when the very survival of its people is threatened by avowedly genocidal enemies, writes Sam Harris.

Sam Harris: Why It’s Futile to Debate Israel’s Enemies

There is only one nation on Earth that must continually argue for its right to exist, even when the very survival of its people is threatened by avowedly genocidal enemies, writes Sam Harris.

A superb piece: Sam Harris explains why, though he has criticisms of Israel, he won’t debate Israel’s critics

I always find Sam Harris's writings absorbing, but in today's piece he's really hit his stride, telling us why, despite his own criticisms of Israel, he won't debate those people—he calls them "scholars, grifters, and moral lunatics"—who demonize Israel as not only morally worse than its enemies, but the worst country in the world. In…