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Aug 12, 2026, 8:14 PM

Is Artificial Intelligence biased against Israel?

This morning, I asked a commonly used Large Language Model whether it was biased against Israel. What followed turned into a long conversation in which the LLM at first defended itself but then gave away concessions. At 6,000 words,...

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...

Aug 2, 2026, 4:58 PM

The Erosion of Support for Israel

The erosion of support for Israel did not happen by accident. It is the culmination of decades of misinformation, historical revisionism, and the systematic failure to challenge demonstrable falsehoods. Terms such as apartheid, genocide, settler-colonialism, and occupier have been...

Jul 31, 2026, 8:18 AM

The Musician I Let Pass Me By

I shuffled through songs in the car as I searched for parking in Beverly Hills on a Tuesday afternoon. The stakes were high. I needed the perfect song to end my drive with. As I heard the first chords,...

Steven Teplitsky

Jul 29, 2026, 9:03 PM

The Architecture of Influence

How Qatar’s Al Jazeera infiltrated Western newsrooms, dismantled Cold War verification standards, and turned breaking headlines into geopolitical leverage. There was a time in American newsrooms when the rule governing foreign state-controlled media was absolute: verify everything, trust nothing. During the...

Jul 29, 2026, 2:24 PM

Settler Violence Benefits Israel’s Detractors

Every criminal act committed by an Israeli deserves unequivocal condemnation, arrest, and prosecution. Judaism does not permit vigilantism, and Israel, as a democratic state governed by the rule of law, cannot tolerate Jews who assault innocent Palestinians or destroy...

Arnon Rubinstein

Jul 26, 2026, 6:04 PM

Better is the sight of the eyes

טוב מראה עיניים The origin of this phrase is from the Book of Ecclesiastes (Kohelet 6:9) in the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament). The original is a much deeper verse appears as: ‘טוֹב מַרְאֵה עֵינַיִם מֵהֲלָךְ־נָפֶשׁ’ meaning ‘Better is the...

Jul 20, 2026, 9:20 PM

Please form a strong opinion before reading on

Protester holding sign reading "I Don't Know What We're Yelling About!" (Photo by Martha Soukup/Flickr)

Because uncertainty has somehow become more offensive than ignorance

Jul 17, 2026, 11:58 AM

Israel Is Winning Wars, But Losing the World’s Mind

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

There is a painful reality that many supporters of Israel refuse to admit. Israel is exceptionally good at surviving wars. It is remarkably good at innovation, intelligence gathering, military technology, medicine, agriculture, cybersecurity, and scientific research. Yet when it...

Jul 14, 2026, 11:01 AM

Honestly, Does Israel Have a Future? Part 2

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk(AI)

The battlefield has changed. Tanks, fighter jets, intelligence operations, and missile defense systems remain essential, but they are no longer enough. The twenty-first century is also fought through words, headlines, hashtags, videos, and narratives. It is fought on social...

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