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Sep 5, 2025, 7:43 AM

Israel Needs a Speakers Bureau, Not More Spokespeople

Too often, Israel’s official spokespeople come across the way Afrikaner officials did during the apartheid years: defensive, brittle, legalistic. Even when their arguments are strong, their tone doesn’t connect. On television, in press conferences, and especially on social media,...

Sep 4, 2025, 7:34 AM

Has Life Changed for American Jews Since October 7th, 2023?

I wanted to use this to expand on my introductory post. I have seen many things asking whether Jews in the United States are naive or not about Antisemitism. I will discuss some of my upbringing, enough to get...

Sep 3, 2025, 7:33 AM

Greta’s Voyage: Intercept, Ignore, or Let Her In? Yes or No.

Israel has already stopped her once and rightfully so. Let's try this for something different. Should Israel just let the flotilla through, hoping the wind will be taken out of her sails and once she lands, this will quickly...

Sep 2, 2025, 12:23 AM

Location, Location, Location: A Real Estate Pitch for the Holy Land

I couldn't resist this. What the Real Estate Agent neglected to tell Jews was the fact that everyone else wanted to march through or at least occupy Israel. For some reason, we seemed to be in the way. What's...

Aug 31, 2025, 5:37 AM

The Day Mamdani Won: A Tragicomedy in Three Schmears

While I live in Tucson, Arizona, I grew up in New York City and still have family and friends there. When Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic Primary on June 25th, my friend Sarah Tuttle-Singer wrote about it. I read...

Aug 31, 2025, 5:34 AM

Why Is Israel Singled Out for Treatment of Palestinians and Gaza?

1. Historical and Religious Centrality The land of Israel/Palestine has deep religious significance to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Jerusalem in particular is symbolic far beyond its size. A conflict there reverberates emotionally across billions of people. Western societies are...

Aug 31, 2025, 3:23 AM

So Israel Is Supposed to Leave Gaza. Let’s See How That Happens.

Keir Starmer, Macron and Canada’s Mark Carney want to recognize Palestine as a state. Israel is told it is committing genocide in Gaza. Did I miss October 7th,2023? Who attacked Israel first with the largest number of murdered Jews...

Aug 30, 2025, 10:11 PM

You Mean It’s All Zionism’s Fault? Who Knew? Vienna with Palm Trees?

My Facebook friend and Times of Israel correspondent Sarah Tuttle-Singer has been posting a lot lately about Israel and Gaza. I’ve seen Anti Zionists online saying if it weren’t for Zionism… My sarcastic Mark Twain like meter is off the...

Aug 30, 2025, 1:21 PM

My Introduction and Why I am Here. You Can Thank October 7th for This.

I first learned about The Times of Israel from my Facebook friend Sarah Tuttle-Singer. I follow her page daily. Then, I saw the chance to have a blog and thought, why not? (Don't Jews always answer questions with another...

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About Me

Michael Charton was born December 7th, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York. He was once a librarian, and is now retired. He is self published on Amazon, History and Humor.