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If we ever wondered what happens when a leader treats a nation like a personal brand, a coalition like a cap table, and accountability like an app update postponed because it might break things, we need only look at Israel.

Startup Nation was…

Israel’s decision to recognize Somaliland’s independence is not symbolic. It is a calculated geopolitical move with implications that extend far beyond bilateral relations, reshaping dynamics in the Horn of Africa and along critical…

“I spoke with the President and he told me it’s on the way.”

That was Donald Trump on Monday evening, informing reporters that Israel’s president had assured him Netanyahu’s pardon was coming. Hours later, Herzog issued a denial:…

Parsha Vayehi opens with a brief dialog between Yaakov and Yosef before skipping 17 years to when Yaakov’s death is imminent.

וַיִּקְרְב֣וּ יְמֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ לָמוּת֒ וַיִּקְרָ֣א ׀…

This story starts with a cop. Not a street one but an investigator who once probed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself. This individual allegedly sold police intelligence to the Israeli Musli crime family for cash. Not rumors….

“In the Negev, the future of the people of Israel will be tested,” Ben-Gurion once said – and he knew exactly why. In recent years, public awareness has finally begun to awaken to the political abandonment of the Negev: neglect…

I used to think endings were clean. A moment. A marker. A final note.
But this year taught me something truer: endings come in waves. They don’t arrive once. They arrive again and again, until your heart slowly learns the new world you’re…

On Language, Limit, and Responsibility

Before artificial intelligence crossed technical thresholds we still cannot name with precision, language was already running ahead of experience.

This text was written before the engine—not in the…

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said negotiations with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) over forming the Kurdistan Region’s tenth cabinet remain inconclusive, insisting that no administration can be established without PUK…

There’s some interesting statements in the midrash regarding Yosef being blessed by Yaakov in this week’s parsha.

בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף בֵּן פֹּרָת עֲלֵי־עָיִן בָּנוֹת צָעֲדָה…