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Jan 25, 2026, 4:25 PM

Palestinians: Broken Politics, Untapped Potential

When Israelis look at Gaza and the West Bank, the picture seems unequivocally grim: Hamas executes dissenters. The Palestinian Authority is widely corrupt. Schoolbooks glorify martyrdom. Armed groups attack civilians. Political dysfunction runs so deep, it feels permanent. From this vantage...

Jan 10, 2026, 10:36 AM

Building Israeli Majority for a Safe Path to Peace

Moving from fear-based paralysis to evidence-based progress For years, the Israeli debate about peace has been locked in a false binary: naïve idealism vs. permanent war. But most Israelis are not ideologues. They’re not opposed to peace in principle. They’re opposed to risk without...

Dec 27, 2025, 11:31 PM

Antisemitism, Balfour, and Palestinian Anger

Why background hatred exists—but grievance became universal One of the most difficult conversations Israelis face is this: Are Palestinians driven primarily by hatred of Jews—or by a deep sense of injustice tied to the conflict itself? For many Israelis, the instinctive answer...

Dec 24, 2025, 5:45 PM

Why impasse on Gaza – what no one says loudly

Almost every current proposal for Gaza’s future suffers from the same fatal flaw: It assumes Hamas can be wished away, negotiated away, or sidelined—without first changing the facts on the ground. That’s why we’re stuck. On one side, there are...

Dec 21, 2025, 9:20 PM

Why Peace Rarely Happens—And How We Can Change That

Most people assume peace fails because people don’t want it badly enough. But the truth is more sobering—and more hopeful. As Raphael Cohen-Almagor explains, peace between Israelis and Palestinians requires a rare convergence: • An Israeli leader willing to pay the political...

Nov 30, 2025, 4:19 PM

What Palestinians Really Want (Part II): Beyond the Headlines

Why anger isn’t antisemitism — and what the data actually shows. In this post I would like to address and sharpen issues not addressed in the previous post. The question of the importance of antisemitism understanding the difference between hate...

Nov 24, 2025, 5:52 AM

What Palestinians want, and why Israelis miss it

Ask most Israelis what Palestinians want, and you’ll hear everything from “to destroy us” to “a giant UN-funded spa.” In truth, few know. The rest fill in the blanks with fear. Many believe Palestinians are driven by implacable religious hatred,...

Nov 21, 2025, 7:29 PM

Peace Anxiety: Why Israelis Flinch at the Word ‘Peace’

If national neuroses were an olympic sport, Israel would medal every time. Our relationship with peace is like a decades-long situationship: we chase it, panic when it gets close, swear it’ll never work, and then dream about it anyway. But after...

Nov 19, 2025, 10:12 PM

Israel Palestinian peace – Breaking the deadlock

Welcome to the show. If you’re here, it probably means you’ve also noticed that the Israeli–Palestinian conflict has been stuck longer than your old Windows 95 computer. Everyone talks about “peace” the way people talk about learning piano — sounds...

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I have studied electrical engineering and worked in research mostly for IBM research. After retiring from IBM I have invested a great deal of effort in understanding the origins of the Israeli Palestinian conflict and consequently developed an approach which could break the current impasse.

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