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Sep 30, 2026, 11:29 PM

Hate is not opposition

One of the more popular fallacies in argumentation is the “tu quoque” argument. “Tu quoque” means “you too” in Latin, and the fallacy – also referred to as “whataboutism” – is utilized when someone accused of a crime defends...

Sep 29, 2026, 2:53 AM

Of course the Berlin Die Linke is antisemitic. That’s the point.

To succeed, every populist party must name a clear enemy. For far-right parties, like Germany’s Alternativ fur Deutschland (AfD), it’s migrants. According to the AfD, migration is the cause of crime, violence, social decay, and economic stagnation. The identification...

Sep 12, 2026, 10:54 AM

Zivilisationsbruch – the Holocaust, 9/11, and October 7

In the late 1980s, amid the fierce academic debates of the German Historikerstreit (Historians' Debate), the German-Israeli historian Dan Diner introduced the concept of Zivilisationsbruch – the civilizational break. Diner’s theory argues that the Holocaust was not merely a...

Sep 9, 2026, 9:27 PM

Fauda attempts tikkun

Fauda’s latest season grapples with the aftermath of the Hamas massacre on October 7, and was rewritten after the fact in order to do so. However, the new season marks a clear departure from the last four. Before this season,...

Aug 27, 2026, 5:55 AM

Settlements are actually very left-wing (economically speaking)

The ideological evolution of the Israeli left contains a profound economic paradox. In contemporary political discourse, particularly among the self-styled liberal intelligentsia writing for outlets like Haaretz, intense moral outrage is frequently directed at any expansion of the settlement...

Aug 26, 2026, 8:10 PM

Beware the ‘Populist Bump’

Last week, Der Spiegel faced a media firestorm for its cover page placement of lead Alternativ fur Deutschland (AfD) Saxony-Anhalt candidate Ulrich Siegmund. Despite the accompanying article’s critical tone, commentators from renowned center-left media outlets lambasted the publication, arguing...

Aug 10, 2026, 6:16 PM

Jewish-Arab partnership is Israel’s future

On Sunday, Yehoshua Shani, the uncle of an IDF soldier who had been medically evacuated from Lebanon to Rambam Hospital last week, claimed that Arab staff had purposely mistreated his nephew. According to Shani, “all the nursing staff on...

Jul 31, 2026, 6:58 PM

The migrant crisis in Ceuta reveals Europe’s left-wing tribalism

On Thursday, approximately 60,000 Moroccans crossed the border between mainland Morocco and the Spanish “enclave” of Ceuta, an “autonomous city” in North Africa administered by the government (and kingdom) of Spain. Videos circulating on social media showed hordes of...

Jul 29, 2026, 1:54 PM

The IDF has become a private security company for messianic settlers

Last Friday morning, a group of Israeli settlers, many of them armed, descended on the Palestinian village of Tel in the West Bank. They encountered a group of Palestinian men, who confronted them, and resulted in a scuffle in...

Jul 15, 2026, 9:04 PM

Will making it harder to pass Basic Laws help Israeli democracy?

This week, in its final few working days before the summer recess, the 25th Knesset passed a Basic Law on Torah Study, which categorized religious study as a fundamental value of the State of Israel. Although not explicitly likening...

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About Me

Tamar Ziff is a freelance journalist and former Web Editor at Haaretz English. Previously, she worked on human rights and rule of law issues in the U.S. and Latin America.