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Headlines about pro-Palestinian demonstrations around the world celebrating October 7. I cannot read beyond those headlines. I empathize with the suffering of the Palestinian people, and the tragedies confronting Gazans since October 7. But…

Two years ago today, I woke up in a beautiful bungalow in a vineyard in the Valle de Guadalupe, outside of Ensenada, Mexico. It was early — a quiet morning where the sunlight cut through the morning fog just enough to make you want to stay…

Kfir Bibas was nine months old, a tiny baby with a giggle like windchimes. He was violently torn from his mother’s arms—a moment of savage separation. Instead of the softness of a lullaby, he was given a cage. Ariel Bibas was four. He…

Has twenty-four months ever felt so long?  Has a (relatively) small scale conflict ever transformed the globe in such immediate, obvious, and irreversible ways?  The fact that there are living Israeli hostages still in captivity, as of this…

Something catastrophic has happened to what we still call the “nation-state.” Not a single rupture, but a long, pulsing retreat into a pre-logic of sovereignty. In this retreating time—which no longer unfolds as a line but as a…

Since October 7, 2023, the world has been turned on its head. Truth and lies have traded places. Terrorists are hailed as heroes. The indigenous are recast as colonizers. The victims of October 7—slaughtered, kidnapped, and raped—are…

Unfortunately, we’ve seen many stabbing deaths

Many terrorism victims die of blood loss. With the war in Gaza winding down…

Exactly two years ago Hamas attacked Israel, leading to the war in Gaza (and beyond), which may or may not be winding down now. A few weeks later, I sent a letter to friends and family, in response to questions about my experience at that…

On the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks carried out by the Hamas militia on October 7, 2023, I took part two days ago in an event held in Malmö, Sweden, to commemorate the innocent victims and to remind the world of the hostages…

Israel’s artificial intelligence sector stands at a crossroads. With over 2,150 AI companies and venture capital investment exceeding 11% of GDP, the nation has established itself as a global innovation powerhouse. Yet as the Gulf states…