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Oct 8, 2026, 9:57 AM

Thoughts about home from my army cot

In my army greens (Photo by Ariella Weiss)

My daily life is usually about sourcing tiles and working on kitchen layouts. But these days, you might find me wearing khaki on an army base on Israel’s southern border, often the only woman in the room, and usually...

Oct 7, 2026, 6:47 PM

The airstrikes we canceled: What NAZA leaves out

A screenshot from the trailer for the film 'NAZA' published on September 25, 2026. (Screenshot: Youtube, The Guardian)

The film has it backwards: I worked with the IDF's casualty estimate system. It's a brake on civilian deaths, not a license to kill

Oct 7, 2026, 2:43 PM

Israel’s Silent Crisis Part IV: The Uniform Isn’t the Only Way to Serve

Selfie in uniform

Three years ago, on October 7, everything changed. Israel changed. And I changed with it. Before October 7, I had already spent much of my adult life in public service and politics. I had served in the army, continued in the...

Oct 7, 2026, 2:26 PM

Israel needs repair, not a return to normal

The author pictured while fighting in the Swords of Iron War. (Courtesy)

My generation stepped up when the government failed. Now we deserve a country where service is shared, sacrifice is honored and leaders are held accountable

Oct 5, 2026, 12:06 PM

Three years on, fare well

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers gather near the border with Gaza before entering the Hamas-run enclave on October 31, 2023. (Gil COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

In war, we learned to carry one another despite our differences. Now I am trying to bring that way of being together home

George Papasimakis

Oct 4, 2026, 1:22 PM

Why Israel Must Hold Hermon and the North

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz on Mount Hermon. (Israeli Defense Ministry)

In the brutal calculus of the Levant, geography is destiny. Modern warfare may be dominated by fifth-generation stealth aircraft, precision stand-off munitions, and autonomous strike systems, but the physical terrain still dictates whether a nation can survive a surprise...

Oct 4, 2026, 11:47 AM

October 7: What I wrote then, and what I know now

PALMAR rescue in the rain. (Photo ©️ Tuvia Book, 2026)

Three years later, I look back at Kfar Aza and Be'eri, the soldiers beside me, and what this war has taught me about courage, loss and who we are

Oct 3, 2026, 7:56 PM

Three Years, One Unit: The October 7 War Through a Combat Medic’s Eyes

My IDF Palmar unit medivacing a wounded soldier from Gaza. Photo ©️ T. Book, 2026

On October 7, 2023, at 6:29 a.m., sirens shattered a quiet morning. I assumed it was another routine rocket attack. Within minutes, the reports made clear it was anything but. I still can't believe three years have passed since the...

Kostis Konstantinou

Oct 3, 2026, 1:37 PM

Another Myth Falls Apart: Our Slain ‘Colleagues’

It was one of the most powerful narratives of the Gaza war: first dozens, then hundreds, of “journalists” were killed. Names on lists, photographs in tributes, numbers in headlines — and the same conclusion: Israel had made journalists targets. Except...

Kenneth Jacobson

Oct 2, 2026, 10:58 PM

The Dark Appeal of NAZA

The hysteria surrounding the global showings of the film NAZA speaks volumes about the times we are living in and the challenges facing Israel and Jews worldwide. What is so notable about the event was not only the fact...

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