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Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Nov 14, 2025, 11:29 PM

When bad people do good things

Evil in one context, good in another I'm not talking about most people and organizations being neither completely good nor bad, like the cliché that Hitler loved dogs. I'm not even thinking of people changing, like MTG going from pro-Trump...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 26, 2025, 8:26 AM

The Future of Israel’s Nuclear Deterrent Strategy

The 1968 "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)" Article IX stipulates that nuclear-weapon states are those that “developed and tested nuclear weapons before January 1, 1967”. Thus, only five countries are considered “nuclear states”: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom,...

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Mar 12, 2025, 11:18 AM

Celebrating innovation

Peres Center entrance. (Peres Center)

To mark Yigal’s special birthday, we invited the whole family to the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, followed by a meal at a nearby restaurant. The Center is situated overlooking the beach at the point where Jaffa joins Tel...

David Fernández Puyana

Jan 5, 2025, 11:45 PM

Shimon Peres’ memory at the Reichman University

On 28th November 2024, at a special event honoring Shimon Peres at the Reichman University, Dr. David Fernandez Puyana from UPEACE, signed an MoU with Mr. Chemi Peres, Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation and son...

Sep 22, 2023, 11:50 AM

Time for reflection in Israel (& the US too)

We’ve just celebrated Rosh Hashanah here in Israel. For the next year, our individual destiny has been decided, but nevertheless the serious time for introspection continues. According to the Torah, our fate in the next year hangs in the...

Aug 11, 2023, 11:54 AM

A story of restraint: The Yom Kippur War and Israel’s nuclear capability

Prime minister Golda Meir and defense minister Moshe Dayan meeting with troops on the Golan Heights, on November 21, 1973. (Ron Frenkel/GPO)

The Yom Kippur War broke out about four years after Israel completed its nuclear program and became, according to publications in the international media, a country with undeclared nuclear capability. The surprise attack by Egypt and Syria on October...

Aug 6, 2023, 7:24 PM

The Saudi Plan of Shimon Peres

Given the opportunity to promote an Israeli-Saudi peace agreement, an American friend called and posed an unexpected question, "How would Peres handle the challenge?" This is what came to mind. Shimon Peres, whose 100th birthday would have been celebrated this...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jul 28, 2023, 8:21 AM

Netanyahu goes to China

Many disclaimers must be made before you can judge fairly When Meretz and Labor were so stupid not to run on a joined list, and Bibi got a surprise majority chance, was he supposed to reject misogynists, racists, homophobes, and...

Jonathan Zausmer

Aug 7, 2022, 12:06 PM

Curiouser and Curiouser

It started with a pre-empted initiative to capture the head of the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank. While the Hamas has been emboldened in the last several months in the West Bank, especially over the matter of Sheikh Jarrah...

Sheldon Kirshner

Jul 25, 2022, 2:53 PM

Never Stop Dreaming: The Life Of Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres, Israel's three-time prime minister and ninth president, was a dreamer who fused idealism with practicality. A hawk who was instrumental in building the Israeli armed forces in the late 1940s and 1950s, he was also a dove...

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