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Michael Zoosman

Jun 5, 2026, 3:19 AM

From Death Penalties to Hanging Effigies: Executions Feed the Cycle of Violence

The hanging effigies of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Donald Trump on display at a recent pro-Palestinian rally in Montreal serve as the latest nauseating reminder that calling for executions only...

Jun 1, 2026, 4:16 AM

Being Pro-Israel: A Tent of Intent

It’s not unusual to be on the receiving end of name-calling at J Street. I’ve heard quite an array over my fifteen years at the pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy advocacy group. Increasingly there’s been more coming from the far-left: tagging us...

Jonathan Muskat

May 31, 2026, 5:43 PM

Birkat Kohanim and the Challenge of Internal Criticism

In recent months, I have found myself deeply troubled by certain public episodes in Israeli political life. For example, Itamar Ben Gvir publicly celebrated the detention and humiliation of people on a flotilla, using triumphalist messaging and media appearances...

May 30, 2026, 2:55 PM

When Lies Fall, Israel Stands

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

After the Gaza flotilla was intercepted on the open sea yet again, combined with the careless and provocative actions of Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, I was genuinely convinced that Israel had finally lost the narrative. In my head, I was...

May 29, 2026, 7:58 PM

When Nations Set the Terms Israel Chooses Tolerance Over Temple Restoration

Israeli police arrested 21 Jewish activists in May 2026 as they tried to bring a young goat onto the Temple Mount for a korban Pesach offering during Pesach Sheni. Officers stopped the group at the gate and detained them...

May 29, 2026, 7:31 PM

The Iran War and the Collapse of the Gaza International Stabilization Force

Netanyahu’s Predictable Strategy When UNSC 2803 established the Gaza Board of Peace, I assessed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not openly reject the resolution outright, but would instead seek to constrain, delay, or hollow out its implementation while avoiding...

May 27, 2026, 2:10 PM

Ben Gvir and the Anti-Zionists Need Each Other

One of the most corrosive dynamics in the Israel-Palestine discourse is the increasingly symbiotic relationship between opposing extremes - each side becoming so ideologically dependent on the moral monstrosity of the other that exaggeration, distortion, and performative outrage begin...

May 26, 2026, 11:12 PM

The blood on my fat Jewish hands

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tours the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana, in southern Israel, December 31, 2025. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

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I refuse to excuse the dehumanizing scourge of anti-fatness - even when the fat jokes are used to mock people I find despicable

Menachem Rosensaft

May 25, 2026, 11:57 PM

President Herzog foreshadows what Israel may yet be again

Countries, like individuals, have consciences. For those of us who reject the extremism, bigotry and intolerance of Benjamin Netanyahu's government, Israelis and liberal Zionists around the world alike, President Isaac Herzog personifies both Israel’s conscience and its soul. Herzog admirably...

May 24, 2026, 8:18 AM

Itamar Ben-Gvir – An Unapologetic Jew

Love him or hate him, Itamar Ben-Gvir has become one of the most controversial and recognizable figures in Israeli politics. At a time when many politicians carefully calculate every statement to avoid international backlash, Ben-Gvir built his image around...

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