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Mar 31, 2024, 2:38 PM

The current government can’t win this war

Over the last few weeks, it has become increasingly clear that we can win the war or keep the current government, but we can’t have both. In hindsight, this should have been obvious, but for too long we have...

Mar 23, 2014, 10:00 AM

Fighting racism in Jerusalem

Erev Purim in the Shuk saw Jerusalem at its best. Packed with dressed up revellers, the DJ playing an uplifting mixture of Middle Eastern and Subcontinental music, everyone friendly and full of joy for the most unique and challenging...

Apr 23, 2013, 10:16 AM

Why Unilateral Withdrawal Isn’t the Answer

Perhaps inevitably, it took satire to get to the heart of the matter. With two Bibis before him, Eretz Nehederet’s Eyal Kitzis asked the real one if he was serious about the two-state solution. The prime minister insisted that...

Apr 12, 2013, 9:23 AM

Deciding what’s OK on Memorial Day is not the army’s job

The IDF doesn't have to like the annual joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, but it has no right to block it

Nov 18, 2012, 8:03 PM

Who started it – setting the record straight

In a war of attrition, either side can find a chicken or an egg to suit their purpose. As a result, who-started-it debates are often beside the point. But, given a particularly disingenuous timeline that’s being passed around by the likes...

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Alex Stein is a writer, translator, editor and tour guide based in Jerusalem. He is one of the founding editors of the Tel Aviv Review of Books. His Substack is https://loveoftheland.substack.com/.

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