Hillel Schenker

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Feb 24, 2025, 10:52 AM

Oded Lifshitz – Was Netanyahu Responsible?

All Israelis were mourning on Thursday, February 13, the day Hamas returned the bodies of the Bibas children and journalist-peace activist Oded Lifshitz, all from Kibbutz Nir Oz near Gaza. The late Oded Lifshitz at his kibbutz Nir Oz (Photo:...

Feb 11, 2025, 3:16 PM

Books Are Dangerous? The Raid on the Educational Bookshop

I was shocked to hear that the Israeli police raided the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem, claiming that it was “disturbing the peace”! As someone who has visited the bookshop many times, it is the most peaceful place possible....

Jan 3, 2025, 5:22 PM

What Trump Can Learn from Carter, The Best American President Israel Ever Had

President Biden declares he’s a Zionist and soon to be president once again Trump declares he’s Israel’s best friend, while it was President Truman who recognized the State of Israel in 1948. But the late President Jimmy Carter was the...

Jun 23, 2024, 12:43 PM

Miriam Adelson Lost!

For some reason, the Israeli media missed the fact that Miriam Adelson bought the Dallas Mavericks from Mark Cuban. As a New York Knicks fan since my youth, the Boston Celtics were always a serious rival, but the fact...

Nov 16, 2023, 8:28 PM

Yes to a Cease-Fire Now, But with Certain Conditions

Canadian-born Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver (left), who was confirmed on November 13, 2023, to have been killed in her home in Kibbutz Be’eri by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy, via The Times of Israel)

Israeli peace activists are mourning the death of veteran peace activist Vivian Silver from Kibbutz Be’eri, who we now know was killed on October 7th. When I told my Palestinian colleague Ziad AbuZayyad about that, he said and we...

Oct 10, 2023, 11:21 AM

The October 7th Catastrophe. Why Did It Happen?

Israeli death toll constantly rising from Hamas attack (Times of Israel)

Just 50 years after the Yom Kippur War, Israel was surprised once again, and once again we have entered a new post-conception era. But there is a big difference between now and then. After Golda refused to accept Sadat’s offer...

May 14, 2023, 11:57 PM

After the Latest Ceasefire: Memories of Gaza and Considering the Alternatives

Another senseless round of mutual violence (Photo: Times of Israel)

So the latest round of Israel-Gaza fighting has ended – how many has it been – 16, 17, 18? How did Pete Seeger put it in “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” – “When will they ever learn?” While the...

Mar 6, 2022, 4:54 PM

Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Palestine?

Looking at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s hard not to be haunted by the fact that both World War I and World War II began in Europe. Are we witnessing the start of World War III? That’s probably one...

Aug 14, 2021, 8:59 PM

The UN issued a dramatic report on the climate crisis, Covid-19 is still very much with us and the occupation is still there. But there is also another topic occupying my thoughts these days – what I call "The...

Jul 20, 2021, 4:40 PM

Ben & Jerry’s did the right thing

Boycotting the settlements is not boycotting Israel, it is reaffirming the need to end the occupation based on a negotiated two-state solution

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Hillel Schenker is Co-Editor of the Palestine-Israel Journal, and lives in Tel Aviv