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Mar 27, 2026, 12:56 PM

The Smol Emuni US Conference: A Few Takeaways

Like many people, I first heard about what happened at the recent Smol Emuni (SE) US conference through an article in The Forward. That piece sparked something of a firestorm, largely because of the way it described the treatment...

Jul 24, 2025, 10:06 AM

Do You Want Gazans to Eat or Do You Want to Scream

Back in the days of Covid there was a very strange debate about whether or not Israel was responsible for delivering vaccinations to the Palestinians. Why strange? Because that isn't the question. The question should have been "What is...

Jun 26, 2025, 11:00 AM

What if MAD Doesn’t Work?

There have been a couple of questions that have been bothering me since the start of the Hamas war. One is why Hamas actually started their war, what was their end game. More important, what did Yahya Sinwar think...

Jun 24, 2025, 1:10 AM

Who Are the Good Guys? The Side That Has Someone Else’s Back

I read once that the Japanese asked Hitler to coordinate his war plans with them. If Hitler wanted to attacked Russia, the Japanese would attack Russia/Mongolia from the east. If Hitler wanted to go for the Suez Canal/India, they...

Jun 13, 2025, 6:55 PM

We Can Handle Hezbollah and Iran, We Can Handle Hamas

Remember when we destroyed Nasrallah and Hezbollah? The beepers, the assassinations, the destruction of their missiles? That was the result of years of planning and intelligence. All of that took place because Israel understood perfectly well that Hezbollah was/is...

Aug 30, 2024, 8:56 AM

A Government 7/10 Memorial Ceremony? No Way.

We all know that there is little if any consensus in Israel about a whole slew of issues. There is no need to list the subjects of controversy, anyone familiar with Israel knows this to be true. However, on...

Mar 18, 2024, 11:21 AM

Smotrich is right

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks to Border Police officers in the West Bank, March 15, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

We don't need an investigation to tell us that General Halevi failed utterly and shouldn’t be involved in deciding the IDF’s future

Sep 14, 2022, 10:03 AM

Ben Gvir is treif, but Abbas is OK? Why?

MK Ben Gvir (Knesset Portrait)

There is a good chance that both MK Bezalel Smotrich and MK Itamar Ben Gvir will be part of the next Netanyahu government (if MK Benjamin Netanyahu forms the next government). Anyone who follows the news here knows that...

May 14, 2021, 11:34 AM

Dana and Shai: It Isn’t All About Us

Yesterday was the first time that I ever watched Amit Segal live in the Channel 12 News studio panel discussion. Segal is an extremely popular (right wing) journalist. I follow him on Twitter and Telegram. I have seen him...

Jul 29, 2019, 3:02 PM

Being a believer is not nearly enough

Israeli tourists, then suspected of raping a 19-year-old British girl in Ayia Napa, leave the court premises in the eastern Cypriot resort of Paralimni on July 26, 2019. The men have since been exonorated of rape, with the woman's admission that she lied. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou / AFP)

So God performs open miracles to clear you of group sex, filming it, and discarding the woman when you finished with her?

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About Me

Ben Waxman was born in the US and served as a Peace Corps volunteer. He lived in the Jerusalem area for decades and now resides in the Shomron.