Emanuel Shahaf

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Jan 5, 2025, 3:41 PM

Anything but peace

Neither the public discussion nor the political dialogue conducted in Israel's Knesset indicate that other than a ceasefire, a peaceful solution or even just a nonviolent arrangement with our Palestinian adversaries is at all something Israelis would consider or...

Jun 6, 2024, 2:06 PM

Strategy of Failure

Listening to the media, the politicians and even the public, one would think that most of us just want to get back to where we were before October 7th: Safely in our homes, no incoming rockets with all our...

Mar 15, 2024, 5:13 PM

The Two-State Dogma

The two state solution (2SS) for reasons of intellectual dishonesty more than for any other reason, has become the dogmatic default solution to the I/P conflict. It has been regurgitated 24/7 ever since it became relevant in the years...

Dec 7, 2023, 5:36 PM

While the war with Hamas and to some extent, with the Palestinians in general continues for two months already, there still is frighteningly little introspection regarding how we got there in the first place, nor where we are heading....

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...

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About Me

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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