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Mordechai Sones
‘Don’t Blame the CIA’: The Human Cost of U.S. Policy in Afghanistan
In 1975, U.S. Ambassador Shirley Temple Black perfectly diagnosed the core of American foreign policy. The Soviets, she explained, play…
Idealism vs. Pragmatism: A 14-Year-Old’s Political Education
My entry into the world of politics began not with an event, but with a question to my father at…
Bureaucrat vs. Activist: The Subversion of U.S. Afghan Policy
What happens when the stated policy of the U.S. government—set by Congress and the President—is vetoed by a single, unelected…
‘It Sure Seems Contrived to Me’: The Bizarre Family Story That Forged a Book’s Theme
The central theme of my new book, Normal Channels: Blocked or Compromised, is not a theory I invented, but an…
The Lech Lecha Mandate: Avraham, the Establishment Institution, and the Garbage Pile
There is a powerful modern parable which reveals a story that feels both urgent and ancient. It tells of a…
‘One Minute Per Month’: How a Teenage Staffer Exposed the CIA
Days ago, I published the prologue to my new book, Normal Channels: Blocked or Compromised. It recounted the story of…
A Holding Facility in Plain Sight? Why Did the U.S. Fund a Massive Base on Judea and Samaria’s Edge?
Just east of the sprawling haredi city of Elad, hugging the faint trace of the 1949 Armistice Line – the…
‘Leave it to Bibi’: A Special Investigation into the Brookings War Plan and the ‘Managed’ Destinies of Israel and Iran
The Script We Were Never Meant to Read In the cynical world of Washington policy, documents are weapons and influence…
State Secret: How My 1987 Memo to Rabbi Kahane Exposed the Playbook of COVID-19 and October 7th
On the evening of March 31, 1987, I was a 17-year-old in a suit and tie, sitting in a living…
Twenty Minutes to Midnight in Judea and Samaria
When I wrote the "Yesha Defense Initiative" (עברית כאן) over two decades ago, I began not with a statistic, but…