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Whimsy Anderson

Sep 20, 2026, 1:13 AM

Fewer prisons, more kibbutzim An olive branch with a gate

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Some people in Jerusalem think talk of integration is crazy or naive. What is crazy is doing the same thing over and over, hoping for a different result. Despite my belief in creating mixed communities. I have never been naive...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Sep 18, 2026, 5:16 AM

Israel Must Protect the Mecca Holy Sites

Fifth-century Yemen supplies the modern State of Israel with a vital historical precedent that Middle East analysts foolishly ignore. When the Himyarite Jewish king Abu Kariba As’ad marched to raze the Kaaba, two traveling rabbis halted the demolition by...

Sep 17, 2026, 8:11 PM

Let Them Eat Cake: Gaza’s Cognitive Dissonance

"Let them eat cake" is a quote attributed to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, and generally taken to reflect her poor understanding of the starving peasants' plight that triggered the French Revolution. The phrase has come to...

Raheli Baratz Rix

Sep 16, 2026, 10:15 PM

The Film, the Silence, and the Dove That Never Lands

There's a moment that repeats itself every time the media cycle turns against Israel. A film drops, dramatic graphs appear, sad music swells, and we react. Always reacting. Never leading. This time it's NAZA, short for "incidental harm," a...

Richard H. Schwartz

Sep 14, 2026, 12:18 PM

Israel at a Dangerous Crossroads — and Its Best Possible Future

Israel is confronting a deeply troubling reality. Hatred of Israel has intensified in much of the world. Antisemitism has become frighteningly widespread. More Israelis are leaving the country, creating a troubling negative migration balance. And the once-promising prospect of...

Bernard P. Markowicz

Sep 13, 2026, 4:59 AM

Why Mike Huckabee Drew a Line in the West Bank

His campaign against violent settlers may reveal how American politics is beginning to constrain unconditional support for Israeli policy. The first post used settler violence to test Omer Bartov’s diagnosis of unequal power. The second asked whether Jews could live...

Sep 12, 2026, 11:18 AM

Was Zionism Colonialism?

The History Is More Complicated Than Either Side Wants to Admit Whether Zionism was colonialism has become one of the most politically charged arguments surrounding Israel and Palestine, and both camps treat it as settled. For one camp, Zionism was...

Sep 11, 2026, 7:21 PM

Forgiveness Requires Tikun/Short Vidui 5787

Here are my Rosh HaShana thoughts for 5786 and this year’s short vidui (confession). We have already been reciting our penitential prayers in places such as the abandoned Palestinian neighborhood of Khalet a Sidra and in front of the...

Sep 10, 2026, 4:52 AM

What If We Let Ourselves Hope?

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I wasn’t expecting to feel hopeful. Honestly, I think I have forgotten what hope about Israeli-Palestinian negotiations feels like. I’ve given up on the childish notion of peace, because I live in this world that repeatedly turns its back on...

Bernard P. Markowicz

Sep 9, 2026, 10:52 PM

Could Jews Live in a Palestinian State?

AI Composite Illustration (Bernard Markowicz)

Separating the right to live in the land from the right to rule it. The first post tested Omer Bartov’s argument against settler violence and unequal enforcement in the West Bank. This post moves from diagnosis to possibility: could...

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