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Jun 22, 2026, 12:15 PM

Israel Should Prepare to Defend Dimona and the Rest of Its Territory Alone

In June, US Vice President JD Vance reminded the Israeli ministers who had criticized the new understanding between Washington and Tehran that two thirds of the defensive weapons protecting Israel had been built and paid for by the United...

Jun 21, 2026, 1:02 PM

Why So Many Israelis Became Skeptical of Withdrawal

A good friend of mine, Emily, who holds progressive political views, recently asked me what I thought about the West Bank. I told her that if I believed withdrawing from the West Bank would bring peace, I would support it. I...

Jun 18, 2026, 11:21 PM

Why I’m Hopeful: The Activists Who Stand Against Settler Violence

In the months since arriving in the United States, time and time again, I’ve been asked the same question: How is it that you remain hopeful about Israel’s future, despite the daily deluge of bad news? Last week in Boston,...

Andy Blumenthal

Jun 14, 2026, 10:08 AM

Be Bold and Settle Our Entire Land of Israel

This week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government moved forward with one of the most significant Zionist initiatives in decades, allocating over $350 million to authorize and establish 61 new Jewish communities in the ancestral heartland of Judea and Samaria....

Jun 13, 2026, 10:00 PM

What are You Doing Here?

A Palestinian landscape and an Israeli tank in the distant background (Gemini- generated image)

Last Sunday afternoon, I wondered if a terrorist attack by a Palestinian citizen of Israel warranted a blog. It happened nearby, but closer to the city where he lived. Several Jewish towns were placed under lockdown, spending hours in...

Jun 12, 2026, 6:06 PM

The Clock is Ticking Part III

Do you ever drive past a car accident and slow down to take a look? You stretch your neck to get a better view and it feels like everything is moving in slow motion? That is my life here...

Marc J. Rosenstein

Jun 12, 2026, 5:22 PM

The Jewish Power Blog: Holy Land

The current armed conflict in Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank has brought back into the center of public discourse a long-running debate: where exactly should the borders of Israel be set – and according to what criteria, principles,...

Yaakov Chaliotis

Jun 11, 2026, 1:40 PM

Why ‘Israeli Settlers’ Is the Wrong Name for Jews in Judea and Samaria

A single word can decide an argument before it begins — and in this conflict, that word is “settlers.” Words do moral work, and in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, few words do more of it than “settlers.” In contemporary English, it...

Jun 5, 2026, 5:35 PM

A Liberal Zionist’s Journey Toward Understanding Religious Zionism

This time of year marks another anniversary of a historical event that Israelis and Palestinians remember in dramatically different ways. For Israelis—and many Jews around the world—the 1967 Six-Day War represents another miraculous victory that ensured the survival of...

Jun 4, 2026, 11:42 PM

We Cannot Look Away. These Israelis Aren’t.

Far too often these days, we see horrific images of the ongoing dispossession of Palestinians in the West Bank at the hands of Jewish settlers, often passively or actively backed by the Israeli army. Witnessing this reality shakes me...

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