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Aug 24, 2026, 5:37 AM

Israel Needs to Help Its Advocates

Over the past several years, I have participated in numerous discussions about Israel on Brookline community listservs. In the process, I have learned how to defend Israel—rather effectively, I think—against the accusation that it is committing genocide in Gaza....

Aug 23, 2026, 11:49 AM

Sunrise in a Closed Military Zone

When I arrived at the outskirts of Taybeh it was already dark. Two activists named Ben and Yair picked me up from the bus stop and explained the new reality: The entire town of Taybeh is now a closed...

Aug 18, 2026, 12:36 AM

The Moral Weight of War

There is a claim about Israel that is often dismissed as propaganda: that the Israel Defense Forces fight wars in a more moral manner than any other military in the world. That does not mean Israel or the IDF are...

Ari Z. Zivotofsky

Aug 7, 2026, 3:21 PM

Jerusalem Post Whitewashes Murderous Arab Terrorism

The Jerusalem Post's front-page coverage of the recent deadly terrorist attack on hikers in the Shomron was outrageous. That week saw a spate of terrorist attacks against Jews in the Shomron, culminating with the murder of two Jews on...

Karen Lieberman

Jul 31, 2026, 10:43 PM

Lost Opportunity at the Canadian Human Rights Museum: Nakba Past and Present

An exhibit about the Nakba (catastrophe in Arabic) opened at the Canadian Human Rights Museum on June 26, 2026. Nakba is the term used for the period of time following the war waged by five Arabic armies against the...

Jul 28, 2026, 9:45 AM

I am an “Armed Settler.” Here Is What the Media Never Tells You.

I am an "armed settler." Today I took 150 Jewish children on a camp trip. To do that, I needed a security detail worthy of a foreign diplomat entering a war zone. We think we know what the international media means...

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...

Charlotte Mendel

Jul 12, 2026, 9:46 PM

Know thy enemy. My second shift of protective presence

Photo by Charlotte Mendel 2026

I cannot sleep the night before my second shift. I throw up around midnight. Nerves, and too much vodka. Why does it fill me with horror to go back? Most of the time I am filming kids younger than...

Jul 10, 2026, 1:42 PM

What is the ‘settler violence’ actually about?

“It’s self defense.” “It’s revenge.” “There’s two sides to the story but the media only shows one side.” “It’s a small number of at-risk youth.” “The military is failing to enforce the law and needs to try harder.” “The military is complicit.” “The vast majority...

Kiffer Johannes

Jul 6, 2026, 3:31 PM

Burning Shops, Silenced Cafés: The Dangerous Mainstreaming of Jewish Extremism

Palestinian men inspect the aftermath inside a restaurant after it was burned down by settlers during an attack in the western area of the Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus, in the West Bank on on July 5, 2026. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

The social contract that binds Israeli society—a fragile agreement between disparate groups to coexist under the rule of law—is currently being subjected to a stress test of unprecedented proportions. As the fires of sectarianism and ideological violence are stoked...

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