How Oct. 7 Succeeded; When Criticism of Israel Bleeds Into Something Darker; a Game Designer’s Graphic Novel About His Family’s War Stories

[View this email in your browser]( May 22, 2024 • Iyar 14, 5784 TOMORROW Tablet's Ani Wilcenski sits down with college students May 23, Zoom, 8 p.m. [CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER]( # [The Ugly Lessons of October 7](#) The bloodier the terror attacks, the more stark the eliminationist rhetoric, the more support for a Palestinian state [BY EUGENE KONTOROVICH](#) # [Replaying the Survival Game]( A new graphic novel by game designer Jordan Mechner layers one man’s search for personal connection and redemption against the background of his father’s childhood as a Jewish refugee in Vichy France and his grandfather’s survival of the destruction of the Austro-Hungarian Empire [BY RAZ GREENBERG](#) # [Do You Actually Hate Jews?]( A simple test to check ‘criticism of Israel’ for antisemitism [BY CYNICAL PUBLIUS](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # SIVAN SAYS [Behar]( From business dealings to first responders, Sivan explains how the week’s parsha emphasizes the bond to achicha—in Hebrew, your brother. MAY 22, 2024 IN THE SCROLL In his Monday request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan listed as his first charge “starvation of civilians as a method of warfare as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(b)(xxv) of [the ICC’s] Rome Statute.” In lieu of attacking everything in Khan’s statement, we’ll focus on the starvation question, since it neatly illustrates the farcical nature of the indictment. [READ ALL ABOUT IT]( # # This email was sent to you by [Tablet Magazine](#) Tablet Magazine | P.O. Box 20079 | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend]( You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, www.tabletmag.com. Tablet Magazine P.O. Box 20079 New York, NY 10001 USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp [Mailchimp Email Marketing](