Tag: Israel

Israel War & Peace 12 Min Read

None Dare Call It Deliberate

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s career is defined by a central paradox. He is the ultimate "Mr. Security," a leader of hardline rhetoric and vows of "total victory." Yet, his political history is a trail of stunning concessions, from the Hebron Accords to the current, grinding war in Gaza. This contradiction

Featured Israel 14 Min Read

Was Binyamin Netanyahu Born ‘Pregnant’?

In his 1978 memoir, In Search of Enemies, former CIA station chief John Stockwell offered a sickening insight into the agency's operational doctrine. He described a plan to compromise Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, who had publicly supported an embargo against shipping arms to Angola. The CIA's plan, Stockwell wrote, was

Israel War & Peace 5 Min Read

Acquiescence Again: Netanyahu, the ‘Revitalized’ PA, and the Betrayal of Judea and Samaria

In the theater of Israeli politics, the script is agonizingly familiar. While Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu offers tedious declarations of "total victory," American officials, speaking to Ynet, detail a completely different plan. The U.S. is actively "pressing" Netanyahu on his "day after" plan, a plan Washington has already drafted: a

Featured Israel 18 Min Read

Gandhi’s Vision: The Unwritten Chapter of an Assassinated Leader

Today, the 30th of Tishrei, marks the somber anniversary of the assassination of Minister Rechavam Ze’evi. Murdered in a Jerusalem hotel by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, his death was a brutal punctuation mark on a life dedicated to the security of Israel. In the years since,

Israel Opinion War & Peace 14 Min Read

When Victory is Defeat: Hysterical Optimism and the Squandering of a Nation

In the landscape of a nation perpetually at war, a peculiar and dangerous psychological phenomenon has taken root. It is a sentiment that masquerades as faith, as resilience, as pragmatic hope. But in truth, it is a kind of fever, a desperate and energetic denial of a grim reality. The

Israel Opinion 4 Min Read

When the Jewish State Turns on the Jew

That the security apparatus of the modern Israeli state has allegedly targeted the legal aid organization Honenu should surprise no one who has observed the state’s philosophical trajectory. This incident is not an aberration or a flaw in the system. It is the system functioning as designed—the inevitable outcome of

Featured Home War & Peace 11 Min Read

From Pagers to Eyeglasses: Israel’s Next Frontier in Covert Warfare?

In September 2024, the world watched as Israel executed one of the most audacious and technologically sophisticated covert operations in modern history. The simultaneous detonation of thousands of pagers across Lebanon and Syria dealt a stunning blow to Hezbollah's command-and-control infrastructure. The attack, a masterclass in supply-chain infiltration, did more

Israel Judaism Opinion War & Peace 14 Min Read

The Genocide Mitzvah, the Prime Minister’s Hubris, and the King’s Humility

The commandment to blot out the memory of Amalek is understood not merely as an act of simple warfare, but as a necessary and divinely-ordained mitzvah to purify the world of a unique metaphysical evil. This obligation is a fundamental component of achieving a moral world. The Source and Nature

Israel Judaism 17 Min Read

The New Indoctrination: How Marxist Pedagogy is Quietly Infiltrating Israeli Schools

In a brightly decorated kindergarten classroom in Rishon LeZion, children are gathered in a circle. They are not learning the Aleph Bet or the wisdom of the Torah. Instead, their teacher, trained in a new and increasingly popular methodology, is guiding them through a "critical discussion" about Family Day. They

Diaspora Health Israel 18 Min Read

The Price of Compliance: How Government Co-opted Rabbis, Clinics, and Community Leaders to Enforce Vaccine Mandates

In the frantic spring of 2021, a torrent of federal money began flooding the United States. Billed as a lifeline, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was a monumental financial intervention purported to pull the nation from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. For community health centers—the trusted local clinics