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Jun 18, 2026, 11:57 PM

From Dependence to Alliances: Israel’s Answer to Trump’s Pivot

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The shameful surrender agreement signed by Trump at the Palace of Versailles (much like another failed agreement signed there nearly 100 years ago) has completely reshaped Trump’s narrative and image within Israeli society and the global Jewish community. From...

Dec 29, 2025, 8:30 PM

Ben Gvir is Failing – and the Negev Is Paying the Price

“In the Negev, the future of the people of Israel will be tested,” Ben-Gurion once said - and he knew exactly why. In recent years, public awareness has finally begun to awaken to the political abandonment of the Negev:...

Nov 5, 2025, 3:58 PM

Dismantle the Chief Rabbinate

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No institution has so thoroughly alienated Jews from Judaism, and so disgustingly profaned the Divine

Nov 1, 2025, 10:47 PM

Bridging the Gap: The Importance of Haredi Integration

They Tried to Hide It. They told us about a “prayer rally,” a show of solidarity “for the Torah.” They tried to tell us it was against “the judicial system” and the Attorney General. Well, they tried. But when the dust settled, and...

Oct 19, 2025, 6:03 AM

When Victory Is Subjective: Reflections on the Post-Agreement Reality

This week, we could finally breathe a little easier. Finally, A circle has been closed, with a deal that saved the lives of the remaining live hostages and marked the beginning of the end of the war—and of what’s being...

Oct 9, 2025, 9:45 PM

Brothers in arms: The ones who truly brought them home

On the eve of the first day of Sukkot, I heard a vort from Rabbi Brunner, head of Tzohar’s Beit Hora’ah, who drew a link between the festival of Sukkot and the anticipated release of the Israeli hostages. The...

Oct 3, 2025, 12:18 AM

The Good, the Bad and the Sad: Trump, Bibi, and the 21 Point Plan

The Trump-Netanyahu press conference, in which the two presented the highlights of the “21 Points Plan,” was designed to shift the balance of power and pressure Hamas into agreeing to a deal. It was framed as a dramatic breakthrough,...

Sep 28, 2025, 6:10 PM

Netanyahu’s UN Speech: Between Tragedy and Strategy

From the peaks of moral truth to the depths of a nation standing alone; from the blazing flames of righteous pathos to the mass walkout that testified to a loss of direction: The forty minutes of Netanyahu’s speech at...

Sep 25, 2025, 10:17 PM

States Are Not Ice Cream: Starmer and the West’s Moral Collapse

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In the mid 1980s, two English students traveled to the south of France, following an advertisement claiming they could earn hundreds of pounds selling ice cream on the Riviera beaches. Despite the grand promises and the dream of amassing...

Sep 17, 2025, 10:54 PM

The Third Pendulum: Extremists, Moderates, and Israel’s Path Forward

A common theory among historians argues that history moves in a perpetual pendulum swing - from chaos to stability, and back again. To illustrate, the two World Wars in the first half of the 20th century left behind a...

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