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Oct 30, 2026, 11:14 PM

The Israeli right lives in la-la land

The Israeli right lives in la-la land, and I don’t mean Los Angeles. I mean that they are detached from reality. Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote after the election of October 27 that, "these elections...

Oct 29, 2026, 3:14 PM

Misappropriation and supporting very dubious causes

A screenshot of the Preston, UK, Council tweet

There is a difference between supporting a humanitarian cause and endorsing the methods, organisations or symbolism employed in its name. Good intentions, however sincerely held, do not automatically excuse poor judgement, inappropriate actions or a failure to consider the...

Howie Beigelman

Oct 26, 2026, 3:07 PM

Elections 2026: Interview: Otzma Yehudit

As mentioned in the previous posts, this is a restart of this blog, as we now “settle” into year two of our Aliyah. This will be our first Israeli election, which seems hard to believe. As a lobbyist in...

Samuel Greenberg

Oct 25, 2026, 5:33 PM

So You Want to Annex the West Bank? Choose Option 1, 2, or 3.

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

(Spoiler: They All Lead Somewhere You Don’t Want to Go) So you want to annex the West Bank. Great, sure. Maybe you’re a true believer who’s convinced that G-d endowed us Jews with this land, and you’re willing to do anything...

Charlotte Mendel

Oct 25, 2026, 3:57 PM

Protective Presence: Accessing the IDF Mindset in the West Bank

“Charlotte, you were AMAZING today!” the leader of our organization, whom we’ll call Eytan, writes in our WhatsApp group. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him praise anyone, and the caps bowl me over. He is pleased because when...

Oct 22, 2026, 10:23 PM

Lech Lecha: Abraham’s Legacy Is Not a Performance

The difference between performing righteousness and becoming a blessing There are moments when the political climate becomes so consuming that it threatens to swallow the very values it claims to defend. Even acts of compassion become political statements. Even gestures...

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, 12:15 PM

Let the Courts Do Their Job

American photojournalist Heidi Levine at a hospital in Ramallah, in the so-called “West Bank,” after being injured in an attack during the annual olive harvest in the village of Abu Falah, near Ramallah, October 16, 2026. (Flash90)

The Heidi Levine Incident, Instant Verdicts, and Why “Alleged” Is Not an Insult Recently, while discussing my article “Why Call It an ‘Attempted Terrorist Attack’?”, I was asked a seemingly gotcha question: Why is your Prime Minister saying that Heidi Levine...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 18, 2026, 5:57 PM

Snatch Ansari: The Gaza Blueprint for IRGC Terror

Israel's daring extraction of Hamas's internal-security chief, Muein al-Arabid, alive from Gaza City on September 1, 2026, proved exactly what meticulous planning can achieve. Shin Bet special forces spent months mapping his routines and identifying the gaps in his...

Oct 18, 2026, 5:22 PM

When settler violence becomes the face of Israel

Protecting civilians and enforcing the law are essential to rebuilding trust around the world. Heidi Levine went to the West Bank to do her job. On October 16, the Washington Post photojournalist was beaten while covering the Palestinian olive harvest...

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