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Aug 23, 2026, 11:49 AM

Sunrise in a Closed Military Zone

When I arrived at the outskirts of Taybeh it was already dark. Two activists named Ben and Yair picked me up from the bus stop and explained the new reality: The entire town of Taybeh is now a closed...

Shamai Leibowitz

Aug 21, 2026, 8:37 AM

The Stranger in Your Tent

What do returning lost property, a desert tent, and the Arabic greeting—adopted by many Hebrew speakers—Ahlan wa sahlan ("welcome") have in common? They all have a connection to the Semitic root: א-ה-ל (A-H-L). While Hebrew kept Ohel (אֹהֶל) as the physical tent, Arabic came to use ahl (أَهْل) to mean the family living inside it....

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Aug 18, 2026, 6:17 PM

West Bank Outposts Are More Than an Enforcement Failure

Over the past week, Israeli settlers built an illegal outpost beside Palestinian homes in Qusra and blocked the families’ access to them. The first attempt to clear the outpost failed, and after clashes with settler activists who converged on...

Marc J. Rosenstein

Aug 7, 2026, 8:46 AM

The Jewish Power Blog: The Limits of Pluralism

When Korach questioned Moses’ and Aaron’s authority (Num. 16:3), even though it is possible to see his claim as a reasonable appeal for a more democratic governance, no civil discussion ensued. His and his followers’ demand was dismissed as...

Jul 29, 2026, 2:24 PM

Settler Violence Benefits Israel’s Detractors

Every criminal act committed by an Israeli deserves unequivocal condemnation, arrest, and prosecution. Judaism does not permit vigilantism, and Israel, as a democratic state governed by the rule of law, cannot tolerate Jews who assault innocent Palestinians or destroy...

Natalie Sopinsky

Jul 29, 2026, 1:27 PM

The lie of the soft life

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No matter where you live, watching someone you love suffer and knowing you cannot ease their pain is hard. Israel trusts us to manage anyway

Jul 28, 2026, 9:45 AM

I am an “Armed Settler.” Here Is What the Media Never Tells You.

I am an "armed settler." Today I took 150 Jewish children on a camp trip. To do that, I needed a security detail worthy of a foreign diplomat entering a war zone. We think we know what the international media means...

Jul 26, 2026, 12:52 PM

An Armed Fringe Is Not Defending Israel. It Is Hijacking the State

A sovereign state alone determines where its soldiers fight, which civilian presence it can defend and how it resolves the political future of millions of Palestinians. No faction may manufacture danger, commandeer the army, convert casualties into political authority...

Jul 23, 2026, 6:46 PM

Dispelling the Settlement Myth

Those who deny the Jewish people's right to sovereignty in their ancestral homeland often insist that their objection to Israel is not directed against the Jewish state itself, but only against the presence of Israeli communities—commonly referred to as...

Linda Pardes Friedburg

Jul 23, 2026, 10:22 AM

Tzur Misgabi – Strengthening Jewish Life in Judea

"Behold, Hashem your God has given you the Land. Go up and inherit it...Do not fear and do not be discouraged." (Devarim 1:21) We must be unequivocal about the rights of Jews to live everywhere in the land of Israel...

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