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Oct 22, 2026, 9:16 AM

When Religion Becomes an Obstacle to Peace

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When Religion Becomes an Obstacle to Peace: Why Israel's Existence Is Not Negotiable The Middle East Will Never Achieve Lasting Peace While Religious Extremism Denies Jewish Self Determination Religion has shaped the Middle East for thousands of years. It has inspired...

William Goloboy

Oct 21, 2026, 9:21 PM

The Priest of God Most High

Ephraim Moses Lilien, Abraham Contemplates the Stars (1908), illustration from The Books of the Bible, German edition. Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

In this week's parshah, Lech Lecha, we read the story of the war of the four and the five kings. In this war a confederation of four kings from Mesopotamia comes and attacks five kings in the Jordan Valley....

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Oct 21, 2026, 1:08 AM

Parashat Lech Lecha: The “Why” You Are Your Greatest Spiritual Master.

A magical characteristic of life is that even when you think your faith couldn’t possibly be stronger and is arguably the strongest in the world, it can still increase! Everyone knows about the riots in Paris that started last Saturday...

David Schonberg

Oct 20, 2026, 7:58 PM

How the Loss of a Broad Religious Center Damaged Israeli Democracy

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The Price of Polarity The weakness of Israel's political system is its binary polarity in terms of political alignments. While it is perceived that the electorate itself has greater weight in a centrist sphere that can agree on perhaps 70%...

Bracha Bennett Garland

Oct 20, 2026, 6:09 PM

When Charedi leadership declares ‘I am my brother’s keeper.’

Our people have a problem. We have issues with hubris and a lack of gratitude. No, not issues, a subscription; we are repeating the mistakes made by past generations as if we have learned nothing. We are currently living...

Oct 19, 2026, 1:25 PM

China Lectures Israel on the West Bank: What About Tibet?

CIA Map of Tibet with "Approximate Line of Communist Advance" and cities "Reportedly occupied by Communists" dated February 1950 and marked "CONFIDENTIAL". (Source: Wikimedia Commons).

On 15 October 2026, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly urged Israeli President Isaac Herzog to halt and reverse what Beijing calls the “forced establishment” of settlements in the occupied West Bank. This was stated when the two leaders...

Oct 19, 2026, 12:16 AM

When the Promised Land Has a Famine

Some days I wonder whether I'm doing something wrong. Not because anything terrible has happened, but because life seems harder than I expected. The bills keep coming, the house needs repairs, work brings new challenges, and just when I...

Husein Mahmoud Saleh

Oct 17, 2026, 5:42 PM

When Faith Is Forced

An economy that loses half its potential. No state rises while restricting education, research, the arts, and women's work. Brain drain and capital flight are the natural consequences of this pattern. The greatest loss is religion itself. When Islam becomes...

Oct 17, 2026, 9:28 AM

Flight FZ1073: The Script That Didn’t Run

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Captain Smit Machchhar over a video call. October 2, 2026 (Credit: PIB India/X).

Whatever was planned for Flydubai Flight FZ1073, the world was ready to tell one story, and India should ask why. Consider the version of 30 September that didn’t happen. Captain Smit Machchhar does not reach the door release. The aircraft does...

Oct 15, 2026, 11:41 PM

Religion fuels conflict. It can also help put it out.

Extremists aim to turn Israel-Palestine into a holy war. But Israelis and Palestinians aren't fully buying it — and people of good faith can intervene. In recent weeks, my social media feeds filled with clips of Jewish religious extremists hijacking...

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