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Oct 25, 2023, 10:38 PM

Torpor Undercuts the West’s Moral Stand

Isolated from the world, at the complete mercy of their abductors, closely guarded, hidden behind a curtain of chilling silence, an estimated 220 captives are held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Being held in captivity by this fundamentalist,...

Oct 21, 2023, 1:44 AM

Warnings of a Dead Author

Wall of IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv covered with photos and posters pasted by relatives of hostages kidnapped by Hamas to the Gaza Strip. Photo: Lizzie Shaanan, pikiwiki.org.il

Israel's war with Hamas is its only way to protect its citizens from brutal violence Some fifteen years ago I interviewed novelist A.B. Yehoshua on the topic of Jewish identity. A statement he made, left out of the published text,...

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Dr. Orr Scharf is a lecturer at the Cultural Studies M.A. Program, The University of Haifa and a scholar of intellectual history.