A quick word for and about the haters (or pessimists) on both sides. As I've said here a couple of times, I am an Israeli Jew who believes that revenge is not a strategy, and that the only way forward is to work for freedom and dignity for all people. But in saying this, there

Because you won’t see this on the news: this is a group of Israeli tanks (in the sand) protecting Palestinians who are walking from the north to the south of Gaza. They’re protecting them from Hamas who have been shooting at Palestinians trying to leave.

Many many years ago, I learnt Hebrew out of curiosity, and in a bid to penetrate into a world that I once thought was evil and conspiring against Arabs and Muslims. Once in, I was surprised how wrong I was, how wrong almost every Arab and Muslim around me was. These days, I watch

Has been monitoring Free Palestine mob reaction to IDF’s damning evidence that Hamas lives under Gaza hospitals. Majority said evidence was staged and didn’t prove anything. Even if Hagari shows them Sinwar tied to a chair underneath Shifa, they will never believe. They’re like

I am angry reading about violence against Palestinians in Judea/WB. We are justified in fighting terror. We are justified going after Hamas. We are not justified in going after regular civilians/ farmers. I'm angry at those for taking advantage of this painful moment to do this.

The fate of the Jewish people and that of Palestinians is intertwined. Neither can shoot their way out of this conflict in the long run. It's only a question of when they are ready to make the hard compromises and sell them to their publics. Both sides need real leaders.

Israel investigates claims of sexual violence on October 7. CNN's Jake Tapper 🦅 reports

How many more synagogues vandalized and Jews harassed and assaulted do we need to see before we can start admitting pro-Palestinian politics has an antisemitism problem?

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Where are the Hamas military uniforms? Before the war in Gaza, Hamas’s military parades and propaganda regularly showed its fighters in fancy militant uniforms, fatigues, and camouflage outfits, all while wearing helmets, patches, boots, pads, and gear that easily identifies

I wrote about how a cascade of media failures led to a bunch of inauthentic, mistranslated, and truncated quotes from Israeli officials about Gaza being cited everywhere from the New York Times, NPR, and the BBC, to the International Court of Justice. theatlantic.com/international/…

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Palestinians in Gaza demand the release of the Israeli hostages today. IDF spokesperson reports that Palestinian protest near a hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza saw men, women, and children expressing their anger at the situation Hamas, and especially Sinwar, have caused

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