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Alexander Lutsenko

May 13, 2026, 4:17 PM

“The Kyiv Period of Golda Meir”: Kyiv Archive Presents Her Birth Record

Sometimes a country’s history returns not through a monument, a speech, or a political anniversary, but through a single old page. In Kyiv, the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine presented a metric book containing the birth record of Golda...

May 7, 2026, 9:14 PM

Inches to Metric: The Art of Debate

I grew up in an era where the Jewish community was completely tied to the Democratic party. Mom was a Socialist Democrat, Dad was too. Many in the Jewish community considered becoming a Republican an act of betrayal/conversion. Becoming a...

Apr 21, 2026, 7:25 AM

The War India Doesn’t Credit Israel For

Every December 16, India celebrates Vijay Diwas, the day in 1971 when Pakistan's Eastern Command signed the instrument of surrender in Dhaka, and a new country called Bangladesh came into being. The victory is remembered as one of India's...

Mar 19, 2026, 2:46 PM

Meir stepped down – why can’t Netanyahu?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a '40-signature' debate at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

What the surface comparison between Golda Meir and Benjamin Netanyahu misses is that the failures itself, while separated by half a century, share more than common than is often acknowledged. The Yom Kippur War claimed the lives of over 2,600...

Jan 19, 2026, 7:30 PM

Palestine Lives — Long Live Palestine

Golda Meir pleaded with Arab residents of Haifa in April 1948 to stay, assuring them they had nothing to fear, yet many left anyway, at the urging of their leadership, who promised a swift return after the Jews were ethnically cleansed. Photo: Golda Meir in Haifa, 1947. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Why Continuity Belongs to Those Who Stayed, Not Those Who Betrayed It There is a particular voice that emerges whenever history refuses to obey ideology. It speaks in absolutes, cloaks grievance in the language of antiquity, and calls erasure “justice.”...

Richard Diamond

Dec 2, 2025, 5:23 AM

Why Won’t Bibi “Man Up” Like Golda Did? And Now Wants A Pardon!!

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When Israel’s leaders fail, the question isn’t “who messed up,” but “who takes responsibility.” In 1974, Golda Meir did something Benjamin Netanyahu shows no sign of doing: she looked at a broken, grieving country and concluded that, whatever the lawyers...

Oct 30, 2025, 4:17 PM

Beyond Borders: India’s Iron Man Sardar Patel and His Global Legacy

The analogy is clear: leaders who can see beyond division and bring diverse polities under one banner leave a legacy of unity. I first encountered the story of Golda Meir over eight years ago, while I was living in Saudi...

Karen Lieberman

Sep 5, 2025, 12:09 AM

Toward an Understanding of the Hamas Death Cult

The “People’s Conference for Palestine: Gaza is the Compass” was held in Detroit, Michigan, Aug 29-31. It was their second annual conference. The group claims there were 4600 attendees. If their counting ability is anything like the counting ability...

Aug 1, 2025, 8:06 PM

‘Wrath of God’: Israel’s Promise to Hamas

The 1972 Munich Olympics ended not in triumph, but in tragedy. Eleven Israeli athletes were murdered by Palestinian terrorists from Black September—a massacre that sent shockwaves through the world and etched a wound deep in the soul of our...

May 20, 2025, 5:34 PM

Jerusalem: City of Peace or of Provocation Protest? The Flag March is Coming

Pennant from 1970 celebrating Israel's 22nd Independence Day. From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

Jerusalem was united on June 7, 1967 during the Six Day War. From 1948 until that day, Jerusalem was a divided city with the Old City and other eastern portions under Jordanian control. During this time, half of the Old...

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