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Nov 12, 2023, 1:27 PM

Existential Endgames

Despite the terrible upheaval and the anguish caused by the tragic events of October 7th 2023, it is by no means certain that the full recognition that things cannot continue the way they were before that date has begun...

Oct 11, 2023, 5:26 PM

Before the Reckoning

Israel has been hit very hard and we are hurting badly. This was more than a sneak attack and a rude awakening. This was a shock, bigger than the one we sustained in the Yom Kippur War in October...

Sep 23, 2023, 3:03 PM

From Revolution to Constitution

The recent hearing at the Supreme Court where several petitioners asked the court to cancel the basic law legislated by the government to cancel the reasonableness clause, brought up our Declaration of Independence (DoI) and to what extent, or...

Aug 16, 2023, 7:25 PM

Israel – Rekindling the Story

Israel has always had a story. Often enough it was a good one, at times it even was great. Our stories were compelling, got the people or most of them on the bandwagon, helped garner support of world Jewry...

Apr 24, 2023, 11:33 PM

Federate, don’t separate

INTRODUCTION While the two-state solution in a variety of configurations continues to figure in the public discourse in Israel and abroad and is frequently mentioned as the only viable solution to the conflict with the Palestinians, its political implementation is...

Feb 27, 2023, 7:06 PM

No Vision, no Future

Looking at recent Israeli history, it's difficult to claim that the country has a clear vision of where it should be heading. While a general call to continue on a zionist path can be discerned, it's not at all...

Dec 31, 2022, 11:19 PM

The Brief History of the Jewish Nation State

A review of Israel's policies ever since 1977, with exceptions from 1992 to 1996 and 1999 to 2000, clearly shows that they are devised to make a Jewish Nation State, one that gives preferential treatment to Jews, impossible. That...

Dec 18, 2022, 4:54 PM

Israel-Palestine – Go Regional

Israel is clearly at a crossroads if not about to run into a wall, without a clear vision on how to proceed. The situation with the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria is almost hopeless with Israel unwilling to negotiate,...

Sep 26, 2022, 7:11 PM

Lost in the service of the IDF

The TV interview several weeks ago on N12 with five of Israel's former Chiefs of Staff, Ehud Barak, Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon, Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, shocking as it was to me, clarified much more than the...

Jul 8, 2022, 2:08 PM

Apartheid or what?

While Israelis by and large scoff at the Apartheid label that is being lobbed at us from more and more individuals and organizations the world over with ever increasing vigor and malice and the Jewish diaspora by and large...

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The author served in the Prime Minister’s Office as a member of the intelligence community, is Vice Chairman of the Israel-Indonesia Chamber of Commerce, Vice-Chairman of the Israeli-German Society (IDG), Co-Chair of the Federation Movement (www.federation.org.il), member of the council at israelimovement.co.il and author of "Identity: The Quest for Israel's Future".

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