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We are witnesses. Witnessing is a responsibility. This is my attempt to meet that responsibility.
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The Temptation to Use Falsehood in a Good Cause (opens the original)
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When Israel Argued to Persuade: From Yaakov Herzog to Netanyahu (opens the original)
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I could find no coverage of Netanyahu’s UN speech identifying a critic of Israel, or someone whose mind was not already made up, who publicly said that the speech had changed their mind.The absence of even one documented, persuaded critic is striking. What, if anything, did the speech accomplish with one audience Netanyahu very much needed to reach?Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input
Blind Spots and Imaginary Jews: A New Strategy Against Jew-Hatred (opens the original)
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If you live in Europe or the United States and wonder whether antisemitism suddenly became overt after October 7 or had always been there unnoticed, you are not imagining the change. The answer appears to be both. Antisemitism was already present, but the Hamas attack and the war that followed brought much of it into the open. Jewish organizations across Europe reported sharp increases in antisemitic incidents after October 7; some recorded rises of more than 400 percent.One common explanation i
The Case for Netanyahu and Against Him: The Arguments Beneath the Noise (opens the original)
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Elections in Israel are scheduled for October 27, 2026, just under six weeks from today. Polls continue to reveal a remarkably stable and deep division among Israeli voters.Much of the discussion personalizes the election around Benjamin Netanyahu. That focus on the man can obscure important questions underlying the contest. I want to set out substantive arguments rather than the often inane advertisements, slogans, and social-media posts that cloud what is genuinely at stake. Please note I am n
Masters of Power, Failures at Statecraft: When Political Genius Becomes National Failure (opens the original)
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This departs from my usual commentary on day-to-day developments. Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, I want to consider a broader question that has been on my mind during this difficult period in Israel and the Diaspora: How does national leadership fail?I came to the question by a roundabout route: historical fiction. I have loved the genre since 1968, when, at fourteen, I read Esther Forbes’s “Johnny Tremain,” the Newbery Medal-winning story of a gifted but arrogant apprentice silversmith w
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