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The Essential Guide to October 7th and its Aftermath

A guidebook that seeks to help Jews and non-Jews, in Israel and worldwide, understand the events that have unfolded since October 7 in historical and ideological context.
Democracy

Netanyahu and High Court gamble with Israel’s future over Shin Bet head

The dangerous flirtation of Israeli public leaders with the horrifying prospect of disobeying a High Court ruling, which will likely result in the dissolution of Israeli society.
Democracy
Antisemitism

What ‘Free Palestine’ Really Means

That in the poisoned moral economy of “Free Palestine,” Jewish blood is a form of currency to be spilled—from the blown-up buses of the Second Intifada in Jerusalem to the rockets fired at Tel Aviv; from the massacred communities of southern Israel on October 7th to the Jewish museums of America.
Antisemitism
Geopolitics

Golan, Olmert’s comments are making it easier to arrest IDF soldiers abroad

Yair Golan and Ehud Olmert’s statements may have concrete consequences in the growing international legal campaign against Israel.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

In the Face of Qatari Money

If Israel had effective public diplomacy, we would be bombarded with news alerts detailing the military, medical, and hi-tech gains Israel provided America from this ugly war.
Geopolitics

Newsletter 9.4.25

On the eve of Passover – a festival of liberation – we do not forget the hostages who are not free. The holiday is incomplete without them. Its joy is also marred by the tempestuous, increasingly radical discourse within Israeli society. And yet, let us gather together around the Seder table – all parts of the nation – and remind ourselves of our shared covenant of fate, which is the source of our strength.

Newsletter 29.4.25

Since last Memorial Day, 316 IDF soldiers – our finest sons and daughters – have paid with their lives in defense of Israeli sovereignty. “With their death, they commanded us to live” (H.N. Bialik). It is our sacred responsibility to give their lives a national meaning that justifies the private loss. Will we know how to do this even in an era of fierce division?
Identity and Education

They have ears but do not hear

The gap between the public and the jury isn’t a matter of bad judgment. It is a symptom of a deep crisis of representation.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

Excluded from the new Middle East, Israel’s military edge faces danger

Israel helped shape this new Middle East. But now, it’s not even in the room.
Geopolitics