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Jul 15, 2018, 1:35 PM

Illustrative: Palestinian entrepreneurs brainstorm ideas as they compete for acceptance in the third version of Mobaderoon project, hosted by the Islamic University's Business and Technology Incubator in Gaza City on November 24, 2015. (Khalil Hamra/AP Photo/File)

A better economy is not enough, but it may stop the current cycle of violence, destruction, and despair

Jul 14, 2018, 6:48 AM

Could Israel’s Startup Nation be the key for peace with the Palestinian people?

I’m always hesitant when it comes to holding an event at a Chabad House. I don’t know if it’s the fear of the need to conform to the orthodox nature of the place, or just the hit or miss possibility...

Leonard Grunstein

Jul 13, 2018, 6:57 AM

Gaza Is Not Occupied by Anyone Other than Gazans — The War of Words

Gaza is occupied by Gazans. Neither Egypt nor Israel, its territorial neighbors, occupy Gaza, as a matter of fact or law. Yet, the provocative terms “occupation” and “occupier” are casually used, by many in the news media and others, to...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jul 12, 2018, 12:06 AM

Why should we specifically settle Israel?

In Parshat Masei (Bamidbar33:53) we are commanded: “Drive out the inhabitants of the land and settle in it, because I have given this land to you to possess.” Ramban (Nachmanides) believes that it is a positive commandment to dwell in...

Jul 11, 2018, 1:56 AM

A Palestinian Peacebuilder’s Journey

Book Review: From Heart of Stone to Heart of Flesh: Evolutionary Journey from Extremism to Moderation by Zeina M. Barakat (Herbert Utz Verlag, Munich, 2017) If you want to read a thoroughly researched, well-written and fascinating account of how one...

Jul 10, 2018, 5:40 PM

Zero Sum Game (Israel Victory Project)

Zev Jabotinsky’s 1923 essay “Iron Wall” is the inspiration for the Israel Victory Project. So said Daniel Pipes, founder of the Middle East Forum (meforum.org) at a recent event in Jerusalem. Pipes told the audience that the most recent...

Jul 10, 2018, 12:13 PM

Why I chose the Canteen over the Pina Colada

It has been almost a year already since I made the life-changing decision to leave my comfortable life in Miami behind and embark on a new and unfamiliar path: Making aliyah and joining the Israel Defense Forces. In a...

Jul 9, 2018, 7:34 PM

The false logic of slashing funds for Palestinians

Palestinian refugee children seen inside their family's house in an impoverished area in Gaza City on January 17, 2018. (Flash90/Wissam Nassar)

The cuts will mainly affect the innocent and peaceful, while money to so-called 'martyrs' will keep flowing

Jul 8, 2018, 10:11 PM

Naked Force in Khan Al Akhmar

Israeli policemen scuffle with Palestinian demonstrators in the Bedouin village of al-Khan al-Ahmar on July 4, 2018. (Flash90)

The unfiltered violence in Khan Al Akhmar on Wednesday showed me the face of a country I don’t want to be a part of. God’s message to Elijah reminds me why I am. (In the haftarah for Parashat Pinkhas...

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 8, 2018, 9:45 PM

Dialogue with a “Former Israel Supporter”

Here is an email dialogue that I had recently with someone who criticized my writings in Times of Israel and identified themselves as a "Former Israel Supporter." Him: "I ran into your rambling in TOI. Just what we need -...

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