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Aug 15, 2026, 10:20 AM

Trump and Netanyahu: Same Persona, Diverging Stakes

The Shared Playbook Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu operate from the same political playbook: charismatic, far right populist leadership that personalizes power, treats independent institutions as adversaries, and makes loyalty the primary currency of politics. Both use dramatic gestures —...

Aug 13, 2026, 8:25 PM

Shoftim: The King Is Not above His People

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The Torah permits Israel to appoint a king, but what follows is striking. It does not begin by describing the king’s powers. It describes his limitations. He may not accumulate too many horses. He may not accumulate too many wives....

Aug 13, 2026, 8:11 PM

Who hates me? And you?

I posed two questions to AI. 1 - Who is the most hated Israeli? There isn't a definitive answer, as "most hated" is subjective and varies greatly depending on perspective. However, public discourse and global polling frequently point to two figures:...

Aug 12, 2026, 10:22 AM

The Signs That Would Prove Iran Has a Nuclear Bomb

Eight of the world's nine nuclear powers detonated a device before anyone called them nuclear powers. The ninth is Israel, and its case has gone unresolved for 47 years. Iran has detonated nothing. Two earthquakes raised suspicion of a secret...

Aug 11, 2026, 10:49 AM

Normalization from the Saudi Perspective: Part III

Learning the Grammar of Regional Legitimacy One Cup of Tea at a Time Memory in the Middle East is not archived in digital databases or bureaucratic files; it is encoded slowly, deliberately, one cup of tea at a time. Long...

Aug 10, 2026, 8:17 AM

Israel Is Surrounded Today. Are You Aware of What Comes Next?

Since October 2023, Israel has fought on six fronts: Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Five of them were not countries in any useful sense. They were militias holding ground inside countries, armed and paid from the same...

Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Aug 8, 2026, 12:57 AM

Trump and Netanyahu are Both Terrible, But Neither is Hitler or Voldemort

There are excellent reasons to oppose Donald Trump, and there are excellent reasons to oppose Benjamin Netanyahu. Neither case requires Adolf Hitler, and it certainly does not require Lord Voldemort. One might expect people who invoke the history of Nazi...

Aug 7, 2026, 6:26 PM

Hamas Wants the World to Forget

The Israeli flag featuring the Star of David against a clear blue sky and trees, picture from Pexels website (https://www.pexels.com/photo/flag-of-israel-with-star-of-david-in-blue-sky-30849038/).

What happens when a terrorist group no longer defends its atrocities but simply denies they ever happened—and much of the world is willing to look away? Hamas is betting that enough time, enough destruction in Gaza, and enough media...

Ryan Aviv Fagan

Aug 5, 2026, 11:51 PM

The Cost of Staying in Power

There is a version of the last two and a half years where Israel emerges from October 7th with something it rarely gets: near-universal global sympathy, a clear moral case, and the credibility to lead on a genuine peace...

Aug 3, 2026, 7:36 AM

The Gog and Magog War: What’s Still Missing for Its Fulfillment?

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Ezekiel was a priest deported to Babylon in 597 BCE, eleven years before the Temple fell. His oracles run from roughly 593 to 571 BCE, and two chapters of his book, 38 and 39, contain its strangest vision. A...

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