When the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff charges former president Trump with leading America to a 'Reichstag moment,' it's worth examining one of the key assumptions of America's civic culture: That commemorating the Holocaust, in museums and schools, helps repel fascism and bigotry, and strengthens democracy. Noah Berlatsky asks if we've had the wrong assumptions all along.

Tonight marks five years since tanks rolled into Istanbul and planes bombed Ankara's parliament building. Ever since Turkey's president quashed the attempted coup, he's claimed the West abandoned him – and his supporters blame a U.S. conspiracy. Simon A. Waldman offers a gripping replay of what actually happened that fateful night.

Louis Fishman asks whether Erdogan should fear or welcome Israel's new government, now his longtime sparring partner Netanyahu is out of office.

Banners at pro-Palestinian protests often include claims that Israel is a 'settler colonial state.' The same phrase is now common in media reports.

Steven Lubet and Jonathan Zasloff call this a disheartening victory of political activism over critical inquiry. In response, Arnon Degani suggests the description is correct – but its use in activist slogans impoverishes a valuable analytical tool.

In Chile, there's growing controversy over the rise of Daniel Jadue, the Communist Party's candidate in the November presidential elections. Claudio Mandler argues that Jewish community leaders are falsely branding him as antisemitic – just as they did with Salvador Allende.

A group of Chilean Jewish progressives respond: It's not because of Jadue's politics that we can't vote for him, it's because he's an unrepentant antisemite.

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