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We are finding ourselves experiencing a very different society than the one that most of us can recall from our earlier years. It is as if we have been transported to a new place and time. Many of our core beliefs and practices that described…

Because mislabeling the conflict distorts moral reasoning and replaces analysis with accusation.

These days, many people apply the word “colonialism” to Zionism and Israel as if it were a settled fact, deploying the word as if its meaning…

For decades, the so-called “Arab street” has raged against Israel, yet beneath the surface, a very different story has played out—a story of minorities who saw Israel not as an enemy, but as a lifeline.

Kurds, Maronites, Druze,…

If you’re Jewish in these very crazy times, your heart is, like mine, probably alternating between total pain, total joy, and about eight other competing emotions. How do we fit in all these conflicting feelings – in this pivotal time of…

In both the United States and Israel, a disturbing symmetry has emerged in the way leaders under investigation, under pressure, or due to their character, speak about their critics. In each country, supporters of Donald Trump and Benjamin…

North Africa stands on the edge of a historic shift. For decades, a cold war between Morocco and Algeria has suffocated the Maghreb’s potential, trapping millions in stagnation. Now, thanks to Washington’s bold strategic alignment with…

A moment we have all waited for, since October 7, 2023. The return of the hostages, living and deceased. The opportunity for the last ones to be reunited with their loved ones; the solace for families aching to bury their beloved. It has…

There are two toxic words for Israeli liberal democrats, someone said at a recent meeting of Israeli and Palestinian peace activists: “genocide” and “Trump.”

I don’t intend to deal with the “genocide” question in this article….

When the British Home Secretary confuses her ministerial pulpit with a Friday sermon, something has gone wrong in the secular order. Shabana Mahmood’s £10 million pledge to “protect Muslim communities” was pitched as inclusivity; in…

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated over the weekend:
“If the Saudis want normalization on the condition that a Palestinian state be established — no thank you. Let them continue riding camels while we continue to…