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Mansoor H. Laghari

Sep 8, 2026, 8:52 AM

Israel is losing information war, Badly.

Israel Is Winning Battles and Losing the Information War A friend of Israel should be willing to say what Israel’s enemies already understand: military superiority is not enough if you surrender the battlefield of perception. By Mansoor Hussain Laghari I write this...

Sep 5, 2026, 12:46 PM

Gaza: Voluntary Relocation in Name Only

Displacement produced through coercive circumstances This week, within days of each other, two members of Israel's government put new institutional weight behind something that has been implicit in Israeli policy for more than a year. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir...

Whimsy Anderson

Sep 5, 2026, 9:53 AM

Creating Unity: Benign Dominance Theory and Israel’s Future

The 6 Oasis Zones as envisioned in the Anderson Oasis Protocol would be joined via a closed transportation loop on the perimeter.

The terror and struggles we are experiencing as a nation are entirely environmental. By environmental, I do not mean weather or slogans. I mean the environment the child grew up in: what he was taught, what work existed, what...

Sep 4, 2026, 2:56 PM

Why is the UN gaslighting Israel about kites?

Imagine a guy who gets mad and whips a frisbee at someone at close range. She’s too late raising her arms to protect herself, and it hits her right in the mouth, knocks a tooth loose, and she winds...

Sep 3, 2026, 7:51 PM

Who Are the Palestinians?

Three Questions Rolled into One The question sounds simple enough to answer with a sentence, but it is not, because it bundles three separate questions that popular argument routinely collapses into one: who are the biological and cultural ancestors of...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Sep 2, 2026, 9:14 PM

Some Crimes Forfeit the Right to Mercy: Israel’s Death Penalty Reckoning

There are crimes that test the limits of mercy. And then there is terrorism. On March 30, the Knesset approved legislation expanding capital punishment for terrorists convicted of intentional killing. Critics call it barbaric. But before condemning Israel, they should...

Aug 31, 2026, 12:08 AM

Israel Votes. Why Should a Soccer Mom in Nebraska Care?

The ballots are Israeli. The consequences are not. On October 27, Israelis will vote. I won’t. Neither will most of you reading this outside Israel. And somewhere in Nebraska, a soccer mom will probably be considerably more concerned about whether she remembered the...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 30, 2026, 5:16 PM

Post-Oct. 7, Israel’s Best Hasbara Is a White Coat

In 1959, Liberian President William Tubman broke his glasses. Liberia had no eye doctor, while consulting one in London required a three-week wait. Tubman turned instead to Israel for help. Isaac Michaelson, chief of ophthalmology at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical...

Aug 29, 2026, 12:14 PM

The Celebrity Megaphone and the Morning After

The third and final installment in a three-part series examining what actually comes after “Delete Israel.” Terminology note: Wherever possible, I use “Gazans” when referring specifically to the people of Gaza. I use “Palestinian” primarily when quoting or referring to...

Aug 29, 2026, 9:26 AM

Constructing Peace / Constructing Images: AI and Human Endeavors

Constructing Peace

By Joe Nalven + ChatGPT + Claude What follows is a catalogue essay for an exhibition that was never mounted. It places an AI-generated image of Gaza reconstruction beside the Board of Peace, a body with a charter, a chairman,...

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