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Dan Zamansky

Mar 16, 2024, 3:20 PM

The New World Crisis – a Substack to analyze the pressing problems of today

Cover page of Winston Churchill's The World Crisis, Vol 2 (1923). Public domain, via Wikipedia

As wars and crises worldwide worsen, I have decided to start a Substack, a popular form of online newsletter which allows readers to support authors whose work they like by paying for a subscription. Interested readers are welcome to...

Nov 4, 2023, 11:22 PM

Hanging by a thread: Israel and the West are underestimating a deep crisis

Photo of the “Lochnagar Crater” taken by drone. The Lochnagar mine south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during the First World War, to be ready for 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. (Wikimedia Commons / Erwann Nvx / CC BY-SA 4.0)

As the first month of Israel’s war draws to a conclusion, Israel’s terrorist enemy is, at last, feeling the weight of Israel’s far superior military strength. The loss of 12 ‘battalion commanders’ by Hamas is one indicator of the...

Oct 22, 2023, 6:33 PM

Sliding towards the abyss: Israel is fighting a limited and ineffective war

Iranian Ground Forces (NEZAJA) KBM 9M113-1 Kornet-E anti-tank guided missile (ATGM); projectile possibly Dehlaviyeh missile. Photo from the second day of 'Muhammad Rasullullah' multi-service maneuvers (Mahdi Marizad / Fars Media Corporation / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0)

A sober analysis of the first 15 days of Israel’s war, up to Saturday evening, shows that the country is now in great danger. This is not because Hamas is capable of defeating Israel militarily. The total military force...

Oct 20, 2023, 1:04 AM

Two simple examples: Why relying on America will not save Israel

On the evening of Thursday, October 19, the thirteenth day of Israel’s bitter war against not only Hamas but also Hezbollah, it is apparent that Israel’s government has chosen reliance on American aid, in all its forms, as a...

Oct 11, 2023, 4:58 AM

Losses without precedent, hence war without limits, regardless of Biden

As the fourth day of a big and very bloody war with Hamas draws to a close, it is clear that it has no precedent in the history of the state. The estimated number of dead in the Hamas...

Oct 9, 2023, 12:18 AM

A disaster decades in the making. Israel must change fundamentally to survive

The awful Hamas attack on southern Israel on 7 October is an extraordinary disaster. It is nothing less than one of the very worst days, perhaps the single worst day, of casualties in the entire history of the Zionist...

Mar 9, 2022, 11:19 PM

Acute danger: the Russo-Ukrainian war as a historical watershed

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February marks a historical watershed, similar to the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. The entire world has changed fundamentally, but many have yet to realise the breadth and depth...

About Me

Dan Zamansky is a British-Israeli independent historian, with a particularly strong interest in the history of the World Wars and the long shadow these cast over the contemporary world. He believes that the mistakes of the past are being systematically repeated at present, and this process must be urgently reversed.