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Observing the Middle East conflict from Tokyo often feels like witnessing a distant storm that steadily intensifies. What began with the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack quickly expanded beyond a single battlefield, drawing in militias,…

Understanding the Controversy Around Israeli Settlements

Much of the debate around Israeli settlements in Israel and Jerusalem frames them as immoral or illegal. Yet understanding history and local dynamics paints a different picture.

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Israel, often called the “Start-Up Nation,” is renowned for its tech-driven, innovation-led economy—punching far above its geographic size. That reputation has long made Israel a magnet for global investment. The United States alone…

I had already had dinner with my aunt and visited some sites. In addition, I had contacted some friends to let them know that I had arrived. Some were in Israel, others were not. In this post, I will give some example of the Israelis I…

As Western analysts struggle to explain the Islamic Republic’s behavior through conventional political frameworks — deterrence theory, regime survival logic, rational state interest — they repeatedly arrive at contradictions. A…

Next week, the Knesset will hold a committee discussion regarding passing the racist and vengeful death penalty bill that sits before them. Proponents like MK Limor Son Har-Melech and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir hope to bring…

Is there still a place in this world for someone who is unapologetically Jewish, deeply American, and proudly Zionist: not necessarily in that order?

For many American Jews today, that identity feels increasingly difficult to hold together….

The hate we are seeing today directed at Jews in Western societies carries a familiar energy — one that Jewish history has seen before.

It is the same energy that, in the twentieth century, helped drive nearly a million Jews out of the Arab…

The Trump administration’s Religious Liberties Commission was wracked again this week over anti-Israel sentiment, as a second affiliated individual has exited while claiming it had been hijacked by a “Zionist political…

Oklahoma’s attorney general is accusing a state board of trying to rig the legal fight over a proposed Jewish charter school — a dispute that could open the door for publicly funded religious charter schools across the…