Part Three: Hamas as regime, militia, and social network Inside Gaza, Hamas operates as a dense social presence before it is encountered as a formal authority. It works through mosque committees, neighborhood charities, and community…
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Gaza Strategy: Post-name Metrics – 3
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Aviva Miller’s Journey from Holocaust Memory to Middle East Optimism
Something is striking about the path Aviva Miller has taken in her career. She dedicated years to grappling with humanity’s darkest moments—leading the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation, walking the grounds where over a million lives were…
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Israel Heals While the World Accuses
Israel Heals While the World Accuses While much of the world spends its time condemning Israel for “winning a war that Hamas started,” Israel continues doing what it has always done: saving lives, advancing medicine, and contributing…
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Maronite Revolt Can Break Hezbollah
Western diplomats love to repeat the cowardly cliché that “Lebanon is Hezbollah.” For them, it is a comforting excuse for doing nothing against the strongest terrorist entity in the world. But the facts on the ground now make that claim…
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This Thanksgiving, American Jews Are Done Staying Quiet
This Thanksgiving does not feel like the ones we grew up with, and there is no pretending otherwise. For American Jews, this holiday — long cherished as a celebration of safety, gratitude, and belonging — arrives during one of the darkest and…
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Kazakh Minerals Poised to Shape Green Transition
Kazakhstan, which was long known for its oil and uranium exports, has now started positioning itself as a central player in the global race for critical raw materials (CRMs). With the European Union expanding its green and digital transformation,…
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Debunking Myths of Jewish Slave Trade Role
(This is Article 5 of the seven-part series, “Bridges of Liberation: Jewish & African Paths to Freedom.” The full disclaimer regarding the author’s independent views is contained in the preceding article: Article 1: We Want You Back). We have…
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The Death Penalty Debate and What I Couldn’t Fit into the Column
A few days ago, Ynet published my Hebrew op-ed on the renewed push for the death penalty in Israel. To my surprise, they also translated it into English and released it on Ynetnews, which means many readers outside Israel were suddenly exposed to…
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The Path of Yaakov and the Path of Each of Us
When a Jew opens the weekly Torah portion, he feels that the words speak to him as vividly and directly as they once spoke to Yaakov. Not because the world has remained unchanged, and not because we resemble the figures of the Torah, but because…
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Why Jew-Hatred Isn’t Just ‘Anti-Semitism’
In the wake of the Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes and the global eruption of anti-Zionism after the October 7th massacre, we can see how badly our language fails to capture the hostility facing Jews today. These two moments differ in…
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