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This is the second year I’ve made the trip to the UN to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the General Assembly. And I was full of anticipation, especially after President Donald Trump’s remarks stressing the…

Amid reports of a possible security agreement about to be reached between Israel and Syria – a rare glimmer of hope emerging from the region today – I found myself reflecting on a similarly pivotal moment thirty years ago. Then, too,…

It becomes clear fairly quickly that we don’t know Black history in America, but the truth runs deeper: we also don’t know African history. And both absences stem from the same reason—centuries of erasure. For generations, Africa’s…

Once, before, when it looked as if those times had passed, disappeared, been relegated to then, when there was optimism and joy in the world and when words made sense and life wasn’t upside down, then, then, I remember. I remember being…

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a time for spiritual renewal through fasting, prayer, and deep introspection.

But to truly understand what this holiest day accomplishes, we need to look at the Hebrew word Kippur itself. Kippur comes…

The Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, presented six “red lines” ahead of the Monday White House meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, as reported by The Times of Israel.

I would like to…

The Middle East stands at a crossroads. Israel’s war against Hamas has redefined security calculations across the region, while external powers jostle to shape the post-war order. Washington’s sudden outreach to Pakistan’s military…

“If an apology is followed by an excuse or a reason, it means they are going to commit the same mistake again they just apologized for.”

– Amit Kalantri

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Yom Kippur is a profound time of self-reflection and…

Palestine is treated by the world as the eternal exception. Where rules apply elsewhere, here definitions are rewritten, criteria adjusted, and special agencies created. Recognition and aid appear driven more by political symbolism than by…