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Sep 27, 2023, 3:01 PM

I shouldn’t have to perceive Orthodox Jews as political opponents

As I’ve been staying in Hungary for a while now, I had the experience of seeing quite a lot of Israeli tourists on the streets of Budapest. It’s not surprising in the least, given that in Israel, at least...

Sep 20, 2023, 5:31 PM

On Yom Kippur, Israel cannot expect forgiveness

Thirty years ago, the State of Israel attempted to make a compromise. It tried being the bigger man. The responsible side. The tolerant side. It has done so just a few times during its history, and the Oslo Accords...

Sep 13, 2023, 3:27 PM

Cornel West could save the United States

As a progressive leftist, watching Joe Biden get credit for all the things he has not done makes my blood boil and feel anger mixed with sorrow for my American brothers and sisters. A recent example of this was the...

Sep 6, 2023, 5:26 PM

US politics yearns for age limits

Time and time again, the US has shown that its aging leaders are incapable of creating a path toward progress for the citizens of the country. So-called stateswomen and statesmen who lived their “youths” -- the most active periods...

Aug 31, 2023, 1:27 AM

The Republican Party is embarassing itself

I, by no means, identify as a Democrat. Warplanes decorated with rainbow flags are still warplanes. Kamala Harris was chosen as a token and by no means does she resemble true progress towards equality. Democrats are as much leftists as China's free...

Aug 23, 2023, 6:15 PM

Don’t protest Tel Aviv’s new light rail

That’s right, I said it. When an otherwise incompetent, xenophobic, and even, in my view, annoying government accidentally succeeds in doing something positive, we should celebrate, not pretend to hate it. I’m aware that most of the protests were aimed at...

Aug 16, 2023, 6:45 PM

Normalization with Saudis disregards Palestinians lives

A recent step toward normalization with Saudi Arabia was the country’s decision to send a representative to Jerusalem, with the intent of thus recognizing the Palestinians’ claim for it as their capital. If this would be a genuine sign...

Aug 9, 2023, 2:33 PM

Biden will lose his party the election

Biden failed at his mission. He failed because of his ego. His sole purpose was to serve as a transition between Trumpism and Progressivism. Brand new polls are now appearing on the regular, polls that make the obvious even clearer;...

Aug 2, 2023, 4:25 PM

Netanyahu is flushing Israel down on the toilet

Anyone who has read a blog post of mine is probably able to infer that I’m not a fan of either the IDF or Israel’s military-industrial complex. I think that at least many of the army’s activities are unnecessary and...

Jul 26, 2023, 1:32 PM

Israel’s in despair. It should’ve been for decades

Israel is in despair. Israelis, or more specifically, civically aware and civically engaged Israelis have been protesting for the entirety of 2023, voicing their opposition to their Prime Minister’s latest and greatest, the Great Beheading of Israel’s Judiciary. As opposition...

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Fred is an 18-year-old writer sharing his many thoughts about American and Israeli politics. He was born in Budapest and since he was 11, he is also an Israeli citizen.

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