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Itai Carmeli

Jun 12, 2024, 9:02 PM

Dear Rome, I have become a cliché. In the months since I finished my reserve duty and returned to civilian life, I can count on one hand the number of nights in which I actually fell asleep. I have become...

Mar 2, 2024, 3:23 PM

Still

Still Here. It's been I don't know how long. I can't tell the days apart anymore. I can't tell time. But I am still here. Among my new "army friends" and new "army enemies". I still have great love for...

Oct 31, 2023, 4:21 AM

A Letter To My New Born Nephew

28.10.2023 Dear Rome, I am writing this letter to you, my newborn nephew, from the Southern Front of the Israel-Hamas War of 2023, one day after you were born. Though I was not there to physically be a part of the...

Jun 28, 2023, 8:37 PM

The Reforms in Israel: An American Oleh’s Opinion

I am a first generation American, born to Israeli parents who met while working for the Israeli Mission to the United Nations in New York City. After a few years there, my parents decided to raise their family in...

About Me

Itai Carmeli is originally from New York. After high school, he made aliyah to join the IDF and served 6 years as a combat officer. He is finishing his degree at Haifa University for Political Science, Philosophy and Economics.