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Eliyahu V. Sapir

Jun 1, 2026, 11:39 AM

The line that institutions keep drawing

The distinction between Israel and “the settlements,” one of the terms through which Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria is described, occupies a peculiar position in contemporary European public life. It appears in trade regulations, but it does not...

Benjamen Gussen

May 26, 2026, 10:33 AM

The Death of the Middle East: The Abraham Accords and the Birth of the Med East

The Abraham Accords were not only a diplomatic breakthrough. They were the first clear sign that the region long called the "Middle East" had begun to outgrow the map that gave it that name. "Middle East" was never a native...

Menachem Rosensaft

May 25, 2026, 11:57 PM

President Herzog foreshadows what Israel may yet be again

Countries, like individuals, have consciences. For those of us who reject the extremism, bigotry and intolerance of Benjamin Netanyahu's government, Israelis and liberal Zionists around the world alike, President Isaac Herzog personifies both Israel’s conscience and its soul. Herzog admirably...

May 25, 2026, 10:16 AM

Enabling Palestinian Sexual Humiliation and Suffering After NYT Opinion Piece

For almost the last three years, Jews, Israelis, and everyone following the conflict in the Middle East have been reminded of the atrocities that occurred on October 7th, 2023. Atrocities that include the murder of men, women, children, and...

Shamai Leibowitz

May 18, 2026, 4:38 AM

Sivan’s Hidden Lesson

Yesterday we ushered in the Hebrew month of Sivan (סִיוָן). What is its origin? Linguists trace Sivan back to the ancient Akkadian word simanu, meaning a fixed season or an appointed time. Because the consonants m and v frequently interchange...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 17, 2026, 8:22 AM

Abbas Re-Elects Himself. Iran Wins.

Fatah’s Eighth General Congress on May 14, 2026, delivered exactly what the Palestinian political system always produces: stagnation disguised as legitimacy. Roughly 2,514 delegates dutifully “re-elected” 90-year-old Mahmoud Abbas as head of the movement while “refreshing” the Central Committee...

May 16, 2026, 11:18 PM

That Was Then, This Is Now

Sources and Collage of Logos (produced with Gemini.AI)

From 1974, I recollect coming home one day to a frontpage headline: an Israeli attack killing three Palestinians. Three terrorists massacred 28 Israelis. Headlines. Content. Context. Or am I confused with another day, another terrorist attack on Israel, and...

Ignat Ayzenberg

May 15, 2026, 6:46 PM

A Nakba Day Reflection on the Politics of Recognition

The power asymmetry between Israelis and Palestinians is shaped by the unequal condition of statehood and statelessness within a twentieth-century international order that increasingly organized political legitimacy through the nation-state. As older imperial, multinational, and pan-national frameworks weakened, peoples...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 14, 2026, 6:11 AM

Iran’s West Bank Terror Finance Pipeline

In the northern hills of the West Bank, the Jenin Brigades—an alliance of Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists, Hamas operatives, and breakaway factions from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades—have transformed refugee camps into launchpads for shootings, bombings, and ambushes. These attacks...

May 12, 2026, 5:39 PM

Violence, and more violence

own work

1) As the details of the killing of Yemanu Binyamin Zelka in Petah Tikva become clearer, we are more and more shocked and horrified, not just by the act, itself, but by the decisions of the courts. Zelka’s family...

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