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Since nothing happens by coincidence in the Middle East, many of us in Israel are not buying that the war between Israel and Hamas is just that.
It’s about time we wake up and realize: The Palestinians are not who we want them to be.
The Israel-Hamas war is the most recent proliferation of absurd "liberal" reactions, which go against every grain of justice, rationale, intellectual honesty, and human decency.
Certainly, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is an awkward, powerful stain on both Israeli and Palestinian sides, but calling the state of affairs “apartheid” is grossly inaccurate.
Some fresh perspectives on the centuries-old scourge known as antisemitism.
The only question is: What’s driving Bibi?
Ignorance is bliss, but bliss only matters if you’re on the right side of history.
The news media, which is amplified by the sheer scale of social media, has decided not just to describe and explain, but to help. And that is why they sadly do far more harm.
The United Nations Secretary-General jumped off the deep-end this week.
Even though the Israeli government has reluctantly done so, we should all share in the responsibility of October 7th, 2023 — also known as the “Black Sabbath.”
The West, Israel included, has long operated with the faulty assumption that you can just throw good money at bad problems.
To predominantly put the onus on Israel for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is completely ignorant and inflammatory.
The more you unpack this comparison, the more you realize that it is actually a misleading, inaccurate, and potentially hazardous one.
And other heart-wrenching insights, perspectives, and reflections against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war.
So many people do not fully realize that Israel's most dangerous enemy is not named Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, or Iran.
Even though it will probably come at the most extraordinarily painful price in Israel's illustrious history.
Just another day in Israel's fight against relentlessly manipulative terrorists.
Many people think Israel was created because of the Holocaust, but using this logic irresponsibly erases other parts of history that are also important to understanding the critical need for Israel.
“For now, it’s no big mystery that this has nothing to do with the existence of the State of Israel and everything to do with Jew-hatred — that great, festering wound in the side of humanity from whi…
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A multidisciplinary entrepreneur, she is the founder of a cowork…