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Jun 7, 2025, 1:11 PM

Israel’s Attack on Hezbollah in Beirut: A Foreign Policy Perspective

Shortly before this year’s Eid Al Adha, the Israeli military launched air strikes on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon. Israeli authorities alleged that Iranian operatives were assisting the Shia Islamist group, Hezbollah, in mass-producing drones, despite a ceasefire agreement reached...

May 31, 2025, 8:52 AM

The Blind Cat And The Indian Woman

This is an unbelievable story that feels too incredible to be true—but every word of it is real. When Mini vanished from my apartment, I thought I’d never see her again. She was missing for ten days, and each...

May 20, 2025, 11:17 AM

Nobody Told Me Speed Dating Was 7-Minutes of Hell

Last week I made the bold, unhinged decision to attend a speed dating event in Haifa. I figured, why not? It was either that or spend another evening aggressively judging people on dating apps. Worst case scenario: I get...

May 10, 2025, 2:22 PM

Finding Bus Seats Is Like Playing Russian Roulette

I was standing at the bus stop after work, half-asleep, holding a coffee that was definitely not strong enough to prepare me for what was coming. The bus was late as usual and some guy next to me loudly...

May 3, 2025, 4:24 PM

A Stranger Dragged Me to Safety; It’s The Most Intimate Moment I’ve Had All Year

You know what really sets the tone for a great Friday? Being violently yanked out of your sleep and dropped straight into reality at 5 AM by a siren. That’s how my day started. I opened one eye, cursed...

May 1, 2025, 1:38 PM

Noa Kirel Was Canceled and So Was My Sanity

You know it's going to be a weird week when Haifa cancels all Yom Ha'atzmaut celebrations—not for political reasons, not because of budget cuts, but because everything is on fire. Meanwhile, as the city shut down, I was having an...

Apr 26, 2025, 10:58 PM

Nakba in my backyard

Usually you’d have to wait for May 15 for Nakba observance – that’s the date on the secular calendar that those sympathetic to the Palestinian narrative mourn the founding of the State of Israel as their “nakba” (catastrophe). The...

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Apr 19, 2025, 9:56 PM

The Sharaa enigma

Ahmed al-Sharaa, Abu Muhammad al-Joulani. The new leader of the transitional government and a former jihadist. Since the fall of the Assad regime, developments in Syria have moved at a rapid pace. While Iran’s role seems to be played...

Feb 23, 2025, 4:31 PM

A Taste of Redemption

Shabbat Conclusion - Families Meeting

This past Shabbat, parshat Mishpatim, was a very special shabbat in our local region Misgav. For more than a decade, every year our yishuv, the only religious yishuv out of 29 Jewish villages in our region hosts a Project Bar/Bat...

Jan 22, 2025, 10:47 PM

The Incoming Israel Tourism Tsunami. This year in Jerusalem!

It is finally happening! After plague and war, the Israel tourism train is getting back on track! I can remove my Kevlar battle helmet, which I have been wearing these past fifteen months in my reserve IDF combat medical...

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