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Dec 17, 2025, 11:04 AM

Mourning my Australian identity

Illustrative image of Bondi Beach, January 2009. (CC BY-SA Liz Lawley, Flickr)

The country of my childhood, where the biggest worry was the cricket score, is now a place where you have to check your Zionism at the door

Dec 16, 2025, 12:30 AM

They can’t extinguish our light: Bondi reflections

Australia is my childhood landscape, my parents and family are there -- my grandparents buried in its soil I grew up amongst Holocaust Survivors, silently listening to how they chose this place of refuge because it was the far edge...

Nov 20, 2025, 10:55 PM

Tel Aviv Paradox: 12 Observations on a Morning Run

If you want to understand the Israeli economy and the Israeli psyche don't read the headlines. Just go for a run in Tel Aviv at 8:00 AM Here is what you actually see: 1. Babies. Everywhere. Every second person is pushing...

Jun 25, 2025, 9:26 PM

It was perhaps the most climatic moment of the 12 Day War. Israeli fighter jets were minutes away from dealing a devastating blow to dozens of Iranian regime targets across Tehran. Iran’s blue skies were open for business and IAF pilots...

Jun 13, 2025, 1:57 PM

Since October 7th I’ve imagined what kind of future awaits my son once he reaches army age My happy go lucky 6 year old boy going on… 18 Today he’s chasing butterflies in the wind But when I close my eyes, there...

May 18, 2025, 4:47 PM

A Star Is Born in Basel

Yuval Raphael lit up the stage - and the world - with just a mic, a melody, and a mission A survivor of Oct 7th, yet a bringer of hope Some in the crowd may have booed, but the world stood...

Oct 7, 2024, 1:48 PM

A time for war and a time for peace

One year ago we were vulnerable, divided and wounded but the world loved us Today we are powerful, united and we've pushed back our enemies, but so many around the world detest us I wouldn't have it any other way This past...

Apr 24, 2024, 11:06 PM

10 questions for pro-Palestinians that I never got an answer for:

1.⁠ ⁠When you say "from the river to the sea Palestine will be free" what happens to Israeli Jews like myself? There are 7 million of us and we form a majority of the inhabitants living between the Jordan...

Apr 14, 2024, 9:13 AM

African American solidarity with Israel

Amidst Iran's attack on Israel this evening I was privileged to speak to a group of 40 African-American leaders visiting Tel Aviv from the US The group was diverse - all sides of the American political spectrum, different professions -...

Mar 25, 2024, 12:16 AM

Giving may be the key to Jewish unity

I’ve always been troubled by the thought that the only apparent way to unite the Jewish people is through an external threat such as antisemitism Could it be that we set aside our differences and band together only at times...

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About Me

Avi is a former news writer at the Times of Israel. Originally from Australia, he served in the IDF and today works in Israel's thriving Hi Tech sector in Tel Aviv. He lives near Modi'in with wife and 4 kids