Yoel Bin-Nun, at The Blogs

Aug 19, 2024, 12:55 AM

Why Does America Seem to Support Hamas and Iran?

For years, many believed that America’s apparent missteps in the Middle East stemmed from a lack of understanding of the region's complexities. However, recent developments suggest a more deliberate and concerning strategy. In a remarkable turn of events, the United...

Jun 7, 2024, 2:27 PM

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A faltering war – who is at fault?

US President Joe Biden gives remarks to the press in Tel Aviv at the end of his wartime visit to Israel on October 18, 2023. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Despite the American bear hug, the US's regional interests diverge from those of Israel – and they entail keeping Hamas in power

May 10, 2024, 6:54 PM

Negotiations – but not with war criminals

The reprehensible practice of using prisoners of war as human shields by the leaders of Hamas, denying them essential medical care and international oversight, constitutes—without any doubt—a grave violation of multiple conventions on warfare. Furthermore, engaging in negotiations with...

Mar 10, 2024, 10:20 PM

Continuing the Conversation with President Biden

When I first wrote an open letter to President Joe Biden, I did not really think that he would read it. But I was surprised to read a news article stating that he responded to a similar question raised...

Feb 14, 2024, 7:32 PM

More than 100 years later: Has anything changed?

First question: Who wrote the following? When? And why? Among the dead and the common there are Jews from all denominations, from all classes, from all parties: Sephardim and Ashkenazim, Yemenites and Persians, workers and merchants, pious rabbis and free...

Feb 5, 2024, 2:17 PM

A second open letter to the American president

Anyone who is chosen for leadership is chosen by God! Dear President Joe Biden, I am writing to you for the second time to address a matter of great importance – the struggle against certain settlers in Judea and Samaria who...

Jan 29, 2024, 3:56 PM

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In hindsight, was the withdrawal from Gaza moral?

מצורפות בזו תמונות מהפינוי בתכנית ההתנתקות. בתמונה: כוחות צה"ל בכפר דרום, כמו כן, ניתן לצפות בתמונות ובקטעי וידאו נבחרים בארכיון התמונות של דובר צה”ל באמצעות שרת ה-FTP שכתובתו: ftp://147.237.73.203. Attached are photographs from the ongoing disengagement plan. Seen in photo: IDF soldiers at the Israeli community of Kefar Darom. In addition, it is possible to view select stills and video clips from the image archives of the IDF Spokesperson's Bureau via FTP Server: ftp://147.237.73.203.
שם משתמש וסיסמא: User Name & Password: pressguest

When Israel 'occupied' Gaza there were fewer deaths. When it left, there were more. Isn't that a valid criterion of morality?

Jan 18, 2024, 10:50 PM

It is your fault, Antony Blinken!

In response to his question: “Do Jewish lives matter more than Palestinian Muslim lives or Palestinian Christian lives, given the incredible asymmetry of the casualties?” New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, quotes the American Secretary of State Blinken as...

Jan 11, 2024, 4:17 PM

The American Limiting Embrace – Errors and Results

At this stage in the Eighth War of Independence (which broke out on Shemini Atzeret), it is very important to understand the basic assumptions made with regard to the conduct of the war. It is even more important to...

Dec 11, 2023, 11:00 PM

The day after: An open letter to President Biden

Jewish tradition maintains that all world leaders are chosen by G-d. Thank G-d that you were chosen to lead America, and thank G-d that you act as a friend of the Jewish People and the Nation of Israel. Dear President Biden...

About Me

Dr. Rabbi Yoel bin Nun is one of the founders of Yeshivat Har Etzion. He received his rabbinic training at Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav and his Ph.D. from Hebrew University. In 1986, he established Michlelet Yaakov Herzog for training Jewish Studies teachers, especially in Bible instruction. Between 2000-2006 he served as the Rosh Ha-Yeshiva of Yeshivat HaKibbutz HaDati in Ein Tzurim.