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Sep 15, 2026, 5:37 PM

We Need a Carrot for Peace, Not Just the Stick

Source: Israel Railways https://www.rail.co.il/?page=eastern-railroad-project

Israelis typically pride themselves on the country's capacity to defend and deter our enemies. You often hear it in speeches from the political echelon, applauding our military’s ability to fight off enemies, gather intelligence against them, and strike a...

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...

Sep 8, 2026, 6:31 PM

The #HERZL 100 – My Summer of Herzl. Number One drops on Wednesday!

Filming of Number 1 (Episode 100) of the #Herzl100. Photograph by Leanne Matlow, used with permission.

As the owner of the world’s largest private collection of Theodor Herzl memorabilia, I feel the responsibility to use the collection to advance knowledge about Zionism and the work of the founder of the Zionist movement. Israel’s President Isaac...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 8, 2026, 3:53 AM

The Merneptah Stele, Erected in 1208 BCE, is First Proof of Israel

The Merneptah Stele, erected in 1208 BCE, contains the earliest known mention of Israel outside the Bible. Carved to celebrate Pharoah Merneptah’s victories, it lists Israel separately from Canaanite cities—using grammar that denotes a people group rather than a...

Andy Blumenthal

Sep 6, 2026, 7:18 AM

Israel Must Act. G-d Determines the Outcome.

Even after all these years, Israel’s ability to meet danger with courage, intelligence, and resolve still inspire awe. +1 These were not routine achievements. They required intelligence, meticulous planning, technological skill, courage, and the resolve of soldiers and commanders who shoulder...

Richard H. Schwartz

Aug 31, 2026, 5:34 PM

Israel’s Best Chance for a Positive Future

Israel and World Jewry are at a dangerous crossroads. The present situation is deeply troubling. Israel’s international standing has deteriorated dramatically, antisemitism has become increasingly widespread, and many Jews in the Diaspora are increasingly reluctant to identify publicly with Israel...

Aug 27, 2026, 9:05 PM

The conflict has changed. We’re still asking yesterday’s questions

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Instead of asking where the border should run, shouldn’t we ask how two peoples can govern a space they already share?

Aug 23, 2026, 2:27 PM

How Netanyahu taught Israel to give up on peace

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, June 14, 2009, backing a demilitarized Palestinian state. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner,Pool)

Bibi didn’t create Palestinian rejectionism or October 7. But he spent years obstructing a two-state solution – and telling Israelis that hope itself was naive

Aug 20, 2026, 8:34 PM

From Amalekism to Palestinianism

At the end of this week’s parasha, Ki Teitzei, the Torah issues one of its most disturbing commands: “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you came out of Egypt… how he attacked you on the way...

Aug 16, 2026, 11:35 AM

Resolution 1701 Prescribed the Right Order, Israel Is Paying for Hesitating to Enforce It

Twenty years after the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, UN Security Council Resolution 1701 still sets the right end state for Lebanon: one state, one authority, no militia army. Israel tolerated its violation. Hezbollah converted seventeen years of quiet into military...

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