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Contrarianism is in the very DNA of Judaism, but something has hampered the power of Jewish contrarians in recent decades, and it is plaguing the Jewish People.
"We are all self-righteous hypocrites."
Everyday Israelis are the epitome of "big fish in a small pond."
The West has a pristine opportunity to truly confront Iran and send a spirited message to other autocratic regimes.
Years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was nicknamed "The Magician." He might just be able to pull into his bag of tricks when Israel most needs it.
"You don't fight a genocidal war against a population that just survived another genocide, lose that war, and then cry about it for 75 years. That isn't how this works."
Enough of the scholarly jargon. Let's tell it like it really is.
"It is time for us to flush the word 'Islamophobia' down the toilet and start looking in the mirror and ask ourselves: How did we get here?"
Let’s remember that the International Court of Justice is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, a deeply antisemitic organization.
"Our 'higher nature' allows us to be profoundly altruistic, but altruism is mostly aimed at members of our groups."
It could just be that great Jews never bother about antisemitism.
Israeli parents are eager that the "need" for their children to enlist will cease to exist. October 7th painfully reminded us that this "need" is still very much a part of Israeli society.
"Delete Israel and the West from the world, and we would still be as ignorant as we are. We would still be stabbing each other."
"When we remove ego, we're left with what is real."
Looking at events from a larger, historical perspective gives us a more comprehensive, nuanced outlook that will prevent ignorance and arrogance from harming the Jews.
Despite the media's decades-long attempts at trying to frame its work as a "public service," it is anything but that.
The Palestinian territories have dismal economies that barely function, yet many of their leaders, administrators, and supporters flaunt lavish lives of sheikhs. How is this the case?
The West's approach to non-Western regions, politics, and societies is endangering some of its greatest allies, like Israel, which ultimately imperils the West.
The Palestinians' "war on reality" turns factual truths into "social facts" which appeal to emotions and personal beliefs in much more powerful, persuasive ways than do appeals to objective facts.
Even as the Palestinians' story has excessively evolved, they have mastered the art of the "throughline" — an essential element of fiction storytelling.