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Sarah Tuttle-Singer

My son’s backpack was shot and that wasn’t even the craziest part of the story

What are the odds that a missing schoolbag, a police operation, and an entirely unnecessary decorative giraffe would land me in that exact checkout line?

(Starting Over Sanctuary via Facebook)

Sharon Cohen

When animals save people

Stand beside a donkey (or a sheep) and you’ll breathe differently – and that’s just one way structured time with animals helps heal soldiers’ trauma (Noah)

Omer Shem Tov. (social media)

Erica Brown

Invest in love: An evening with Omer Shem Tov

When the former hostage sets rage aside, he teaches the rest of us to refocus on the best of humanity and to internalize expectations of goodness

Opposition Leader and Beyachad party member Yair Lapid speaks at the 'Law and Lies' conference, on October 12, 2026, in Israel. (Avshalom Sassoni/ FLASH90)

Yair Lapid

What makes countries successful

Until four years ago, Israel met every criterion of a successful country. That’s no longer the case. But since the damage came from the top, the repair can come from the top, too. And it will

Navi Pillay and fellow commissioners Chris Sidoti and Miloon Kothari at United Nations press briefing in Geneva on 14 June 2022, dealing the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem and Israel .
Photo :Times of Israel

Craig Snoyman

The Nobel Peace Prize offensive

Navi Pillay has been awarded the world’s most prestigious peacemaking honor not for advancing peace, but for advancing the accusation of Israeli genocide

Elchanan Poupko

Religious Zionism’s dangerous euphoria

As Israelis leave, allies lose patience and the Jewish world faces mounting threats, too many members of the community insist they are living in a time of miracles

Aron Schoenfeld

It takes 10 minutes to return a gun

After five months of reserve duty, turning in my rifle was easy. Finding my place again in a life that had learned to carry on without me is another matter

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Oct 18, 2026, 12:33 AM

Why We Are Celebrating Shabbat Aliyah

Communities around the world will likely discuss Aliyah as we read the story of Abraham’s journey this Shabbat, but what about communities in Israel? Is Aliyah something worth celebrating? Each year, as we reach Parshat Lech Lecha, we read the...

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Oct 18, 2026, 12:03 AM

Israel’s Ministry of Tourism Presents Plans and Investments for the Future

On October 14, at Clube A Hebraica in São Paulo, the Israel Ministry of Tourism hosted the professional event Israel 4U. The meeting brought together representatives of the Ministry, Brazilian tour operators and agencies, as well as the Consul...

Oct 18, 2026, 12:03 AM

Israel’s Arab Minority and the Limits of Democracy

A robust, egalitarian democracy is judged not merely by whether free elections are held, but above all by how it treats the minority within its borders. Elections and majority rule are fundamental conditions of democracy, but they are not...

Oct 17, 2026, 11:30 PM

Israelis Attack Americans. Washington Bows.

In the occupied West Bank today, award-winning Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was jumped, knocked to the dirt, and brutally beaten by a gang of masked Israeli settlers near Abu Falah. She was wearing a helmet and a flak...

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Oct 17, 2026, 5:42 PM

When Faith Is Forced

An economy that loses half its potential. No state rises while restricting education, research, the arts, and women's work. Brain drain and capital flight are the natural consequences of this pattern. The greatest loss is religion itself. When Islam becomes...

Oct 17, 2026, 5:36 PM

The Biobomb: The New Strategic Frontier

From Washington to Jerusalem, from the Gulf to Europe, biological threats and the vulnerability of critical infrastructure are reshaping defense doctrines. Between surveillance, resilience, and preemption, how far can governments go to prevent a catastrophe? Biological warfare once conjured up...

Abdi Ali Barkhad

Oct 17, 2026, 5:30 PM

Ethiopia’s Ambassador Misreads the Geopolitics of the Horn of Africa

The recent interview given by Ethiopia’s Junior Ambassador to Israel, Tesfaye Yetayeh Anteneh, on i24NEWS raises important questions about Ethiopia’s strategic understanding of Somaliland and the wider Horn of Africa. The Junior ambassador reportedly argued that Ethiopia cannot recognize Somaliland...

Oct 17, 2026, 4:58 PM

Where Israel’s Parties Stand on CIS Civil Separation

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This pivotal election will have profound impacts on Israel's security. How do parties align with Commanders for Israel's Security on its approach, particularly in the West Bank? Why Commanders for Israel's Security (CIS)? CIS is an organization representing more than 550...

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Oct 17, 2026, 4:54 PM

The Awl and the Doorpost

In 1920 a Czech playwright had trouble with a word. Karel Čapek had written a play about manufactured workers and had been calling them labori, after the Latin for labour. It sounded too bookish. His brother Josef, a painter,...

Oct 17, 2026, 4:52 PM

Why Public Theatre Still Matters to Cities

Public theatre is more than entertainment. It is social infrastructure: a place where residents encounter unfamiliar stories, debate shared problems, and experience the city as a community rather than a collection of private lives. Free from a purely commercial...

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