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Ilan Eichner W
Feb 8, 2025, 1:29 AM
Gaza Chose Terror Instead of Prosperity
The trajectory of the Middle East has always been shaped by a fundamental struggle between construction and destruction, stability and chaos. Nowhere is this contrast more evident than in the conflict between Israel and its neighbors, where political choices...
Stephen Games
Feb 6, 2025, 7:58 PM
At last, some Gazan pragmatism—but no one wants to know
Let’s get one thing straight: Donald Trump’s seemingly impulsive suggestion, when meeting Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week, that the USA (i.e. his own property empire) should take over Gaza and turn it into the Riviera of the Middle East...
Leo Benderski
Feb 5, 2025, 9:55 PM
20 Years Later: Lessons from Israel’s Disengagement
Twenty years ago, Israel left Gaza with hopes of security and peace. Instead, it got rockets, war, and the deadliest attack in its history. What went wrong? On February 16, 2005, in a 59-40 vote, the Israeli Knesset approved the...
Stephen Games
Jan 23, 2025, 5:12 AM
Make the Palestinians an offer they can’t refuse
Five weeks after October 7, 2023 I wrote about a massive infrastructure project that might offer the Palestinians a new opportunity. The idea was to build a canal from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead Sea, and make...
Stephen I. Siller
Jan 16, 2025, 6:09 PM
Munich 2025?
Reports from January 7, 2025, said President-elect “Trump warned ‘all hell will break out’ if Gaza hostages aren’t released before his inauguration.” The 2025 “deal” negotiated by Biden, Egypt, Qatar and Israel, with Trump’s envoy, Mr. Witkoff, does not...
Sam Lehman-Wilzig
Jan 10, 2025, 9:06 AM
Te’kumah
? What Bibi Got Right (and Wrong)
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is a master of public relations. Indeed, one could teach an entire course on PR just using his numerous masterful “spins” over the years. In large part, that mastery explains his longest-running tenure as PM...
Sharona Margolin Halickman
Nov 12, 2024, 3:28 AM
Did Avraham Give Up the Gaza Strip?
The story of the Akeda, The Binding of Yitzchak (Breisheet 22:1) begins with the following words: After these events, God tested Avraham... Rashbam, in a very long commentary, explains how the story of the Akeida came as a result of the...
Ron Furman
Oct 29, 2024, 12:13 AM
Tunnel Vision
In the universe, for every particle of matter, there exists its opposite, anti-matter. The two are destined to clash, but somehow, matter manages to endure—allowing life to flourish and grow. The Jewish people, in many ways, embody this idea...
Talya Rechavi
Oct 11, 2024, 5:23 PM
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‘Operation Hush’: Silencing the families of the hostages
Just weeks after October 7th, members of Netanyahu’s coalition began a venomous attack against families of the hostages. Here’s how and why
William Barclay
Oct 7, 2024, 7:52 AM
What Occupied Territory?
Recently, the United Nations (UN) adopted a resolution that condemns the nation of Israel as an inherently oppressive, colonial, enterprise and “…demands that Israel ‘brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Unfortunately, the...
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