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Richard D. Gitlin

Sep 23, 2026, 9:18 PM

NAZA and the Inversion of Evidence

A new Israeli documentary, NAZA, has arrived with an explosive accusation. Directed by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four co-directors of the Oscar-winning No Other Land, the film recently won the Special Jury Prize at...

Sep 17, 2026, 3:33 PM

NAZA Lies Through an IDF Soldier’s Eyes

Wounded IDF soldier being medivaced to safety. Photo ©️A. Agronov , 2026

I have knelt in the sand of Gaza with a dying soldier's blood on my hands. I have served in Lebanon, in Judea and Samaria, and now, since October 7th, for hundreds of days on the front lines with...

Kathleen J. Rusnak

Sep 16, 2026, 10:11 PM

Re’im: Before the Stones Are Set

The Rev. Dr. Kathleen J. Rusnak at Kibbutz Kfar Aza

In February 2024, five months into the war, I stood in the ruins of Kibbutz Kfar Aza. (My trip had been sponsored by the American Friends of Sheba Medical Center, supporting the hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel.) At the kibbutz,...

Evan R. Bernstein

Sep 9, 2026, 11:55 AM

The Slavery Next Door, and the Apartheid Slur Aimed at Israel

A documented record of hereditary bondage, migrant auctions, kafala, and a Yazidi captive in Gaza—set against a Western vocabulary that reserves “apartheid” for Israel. Western capitals still treat “apartheid Israel” as settled moral language. Meanwhile, documented slavery and slave-like systems...

Todd L. Pittinsky

Aug 27, 2026, 9:24 AM

Teach the Holocaust. Lose the Label

The word "genocide" was supposed to make evil unmistakable. Today, it does the opposite. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in to name the unthinkable—the Nazi extermination of European Jewry. Holocaust educators adopted it almost immediately as its organizing category, using...

Karen Lieberman

Aug 25, 2026, 6:30 AM

GENOCIDE: The Historic Inversion of Our Time OR…The Never-Ending Lie

In mid-2023, the population of the Gaza Strip was approximately two million. It is currently two million. The IDF – supposedly committing genocide – is not very proficient – unlike the Nazis, who butchered the Jewish people during WWII....

Aug 10, 2026, 3:37 PM

Independent Observers? Define ‘Independent’

Calling someone independent doesn’t make them independent; the relevant question is independent from whom? Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

International Is Not a Synonym for Independent Why doesn’t Israel allow independent observers into Gaza? Why does Israel block an independent investigation into October 7? If Israel has nothing to hide, why does it prevent independent scrutiny? I hear variations of this question...

Shaike Komornik

Aug 1, 2026, 5:13 PM

Disarmament on Paper, Doubt in Reality

Wikipedia -public domain
(Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

U.S. President Donald Trump announced over the weekend what he described as a "historic agreement" to disarm Hamas under the framework of the "Peace Council" he established as part of his "20-Point Plan." The announcement, published on Truth Social,...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jul 26, 2026, 9:16 PM

Israel Must Stop Iran from Rebuilding Proxy Armies

Israel has repeatedly shattered Hezbollah and Hamas on the battlefield, only to watch them rebuild for the next war. The problem is not a lack of Israeli military power or resolve, but a lack of political will to resist...

Jul 26, 2026, 12:52 PM

An Armed Fringe Is Not Defending Israel. It Is Hijacking the State

A sovereign state alone determines where its soldiers fight, which civilian presence it can defend and how it resolves the political future of millions of Palestinians. No faction may manufacture danger, commandeer the army, convert casualties into political authority...

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