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Kostis Konstantinou

Sep 29, 2026, 11:14 AM

The Walkout, the Empty Seats, and the Story Sold

Hiram Johnson, the American senator — not Aeschylus, as often claimed — is credited with saying that truth is the first casualty of war. Nowhere has that seemed more apt than in Gaza. We have had the absurdities about genocide; fairy...

Sep 28, 2026, 9:27 PM

The Eighth Front: Israel’s UN Vow and India’s Multi-Aligned Tightrope

Conceptual illustration: An intricately carved Indian pillar stands anchored between the flags of the United Nations and Israel against a modern diplomatic skyline, symbolizing New Delhi's deeply rooted, multi-aligned balance amidst the growing friction of Jerusalem's 'eighth front' with international institutions. Image: AI-generated (Free for commercial use).

I watched Benjamin Netanyahu take the podium at the 81st United Nations General Assembly this week. Dozens of delegates walked out as he prepared to speak. The Israeli Prime Minister delivered a fiercely defiant address. He told the assembly...

Sep 27, 2026, 3:31 PM

Israel needs to take the erosion of US support seriously

Then-defense minister Benny Gantz speaks in Rishon LeZion, October 20, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90/ File)

I believe in a broad Zionist government that doesn't rely on extremists – for the sake of Israel’s alliances and Jews everywhere

Sep 27, 2026, 10:35 AM

This election is not about ‘left’ and ‘right’

One hears a great many misleading statements during election campaigns. That's par for the course. This time though, with the Israeli election in a month's time, there is a fundamental, and highly significant, piece of misinformation that you hear...

Sep 24, 2026, 7:14 PM

Israel’s Diplomatic Problem

Israel is accustomed to criticism from abroad. What is harder to dismiss is the possibility that criticism is becoming a strategic problem. As Israel heads toward its October 27 election, public opinion in America and Europe is moving against...

Whimsy Anderson

Sep 22, 2026, 11:57 PM

Why I Cannot tell Young Women to Make Aliyah

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I cannot, in good conscience, encourage women — especially young women — to make aliyah. I would reverse that only when life for women in Israel actually improves. Not the slogan. The law, the street, the army, and the...

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Sep 22, 2026, 6:39 PM

‘Their Place Is Not With Us’? Citizenship Is Not a Reward

“Hit them in their pockets and in their citizenship,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week, announcing two proposed laws aimed at people he says defame Israeli soldiers abroad. One would dramatically increase damages in defamation cases. The other...

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Sep 20, 2026, 1:22 PM

Making Yom Kippur count

Yesh Atid MK Debbie Biton taken out by Knesset guards during a a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

Fasting is easy. What's hard is taking responsibility not for our close circles, but for those with whom we vehemently disagree

Sep 17, 2026, 2:06 PM

Britain’s Israeli Policy Is a Miscalculation

Britain’s foreign secretary has presented sanctions against Israel as a route to Middle East stability. The argument rests on an assumption that history, geography and the record of failed peace initiatives do little to support. The House of Commons has...

Sep 17, 2026, 11:01 AM

Collateral Benefit

The real test raised by NAZA - the Hebrew military acronym for collateral damage - is not whether its filmmakers are right. It is whether a state confident in its force is equally confident in evidence, law and institutions...

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