If national neuroses were an olympic sport, Israel would medal every time. Our relationship with peace is like a decades-long situationship: we chase it, panic when it gets close, swear it’ll never work, and then dream about it anyway. But…
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Peace Anxiety: Why Israelis Flinch at the Word ‘Peace’
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Emigration? It’s Not the Missiles
Israelis are leaving, but not because of missiles or terror. External threats have always been part of our reality, and Israelis have always risen to meet them. What drives this exodus is not war: it is the sense that Israeli society is fraying…
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Hamas is operating in Europe and authorities must take action
The recent law enforcement operation that led to the arrest of Muhammad Naim, a UK resident who is the son of Bassem Naim, a Hamas political bureau leader and spokesman, highlights the danger posed by Hamas on European soil, thus demolishing the…
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Clash of Philosophies
The Alshich described the clash that existed between Eisav and Yakov. It was not merely the clash between a Tzaddik and a Rasha, but it represented two world views. We see from Eisav’s willingness to sell his birthright for a bowl of lentil…
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Antisemites: Israel’s Benefactors?
History is cruel to antisemites: for three thousand years, they have failed to destroy those they hate. Every attempt has always ended up producing the opposite effect, as the three-millennia-long history of Israel demonstrates. The pharaohs, who…
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Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel — Part XI
Building Shared Society — The Civic Infrastructure of Peace Series Preface Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel explores how law, belonging, dignity, and justice shape life between the river and the sea. Written from my…
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The Media Are Not the Massage: Reducing Israel’s Post-Oct. 7 PTSD Problem
As I wrote here last week (https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/oct-7-forever-an-epigenetic-disaster/), the post-war PTSD problem involves soldiers and also civilians – and not only for the current generation but for at least the next two…
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Thankful memories: Turkey Days spent with my mother
Mom, who was raised in Buffalo in a family of Orthodox emigrants from Eastern Europe but strayed from strict observance when she left home, and became more traditional as she aged, religiously commemorated Thanksgiving. Her parents, unfamiliar…
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Living in a rough hood
Let’s assume that most of us – on any side of the border – mostly want to live in peace and security. Let’s assume many of us, understanding that we live in a rough neighborhood, whether we’re Jews in New York or Palestinians in the…
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Israel Won’t Wait to Be Destroyed
When the World Hesitates, Israel Does Not For decades, Israel has lived at the intersection of two conflicting global realities: a world that debates, delays, and dithers and a nation that does not have that luxury. When threats rise, Israel does…
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