Opinion Articles

Embarrassed, isolated, still loyal: The dilemma of young American Zionists

For many US Jews, October 7 brought a stronger sense of identity and a deeper bond with Israel; now, that bond is clouded by growing embarrassment
Embarrassed, isolated, still loyal: The dilemma of young American Zionists
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Why, Once Again, Israel Will Survive

The horror of the Hamas rampage across southern Israel triggered so much of the same collective Jewish trauma that the country was founded to prevent future generations from suffering
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Our Failed Colleges: Time to Get Radical

America’s need for a robust higher education system, where students learn to think deeply, engage respectfully, and disagree constructively, is greater than ever
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Last Call for the Zionist Left 

If the Israeli left fails to seize this moment, it will find itself in the dustbin of history.
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Israel maintains moral clarity amid smog of Gaza war on Jihad

CENTER FIELD: In this just war, every death and injury, including this accidental calamity, is on Hamas
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Hamastan, Fatahstan, Realistan

We are oceans away from thinking about the perfect solution. Let us start with a realistic, tolerable one
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Now is the time for sketching out a new political horizon

 Israel should declare its commitment to a two-state solution right now, but it lacks leaders who will openly admit this truth
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Israeli Climate Tech: Another Victim of Hamas’s October 7 Massacre

Many of those who planned on participating at COP28 joined their compatriots and went to serve in the IDF to protect their country. But for other Israelis, COP28 was simply not a safe place to be.
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UNRWA’s Existence Spells Doom for Rebuilding Gaza

As long as the focus is on who governs Gaza, rather than on the prevailing ideology they endorse, we are destined for failure.
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Three Options for Israel to End the War in Gaza

American pressure on Israel is mounting to reduce the intensity of Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.