Israeli comedian Yohay Sponder fights antisemitism with laughter
“In every generation, the Jews go through one, or sometimes more, atrocities, and I feel like that story…
Israel’s national security depends on restoring public trust
The failures of October 7 led IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi to accept responsibility and resign. The…
Why Trump’s plan for Gaza was built to fail
I have worked within multinational military planning. No headquarters, however capable, can compensate for a political design whose…
Why Tel Aviv still feels alive despite Israel’s tourism crisis
Then the elevator doors closed. Floor 17. The room waiting upstairs told a very different story. What first…
Can Israel’s tourism industry recover after nearly three years of war?
The summer months in Israel, from June to September, are not only synonymous with the blistering Middle East…
Young Israelis question the future of American support
The war changed that. Watching American support arrive in the immediate aftermath of Hamas’s attack reinforced the importance…
Does Trump’s Iran deal give away US leverage too soon?
While the sequencing, economic incentive mechanisms, and specific steps required by Tehran remain unclear, the deal risks surrendering…
Fatah election deepens Palestinian disillusionment with Abbas
“I cannot even call it an election,” Nasser al-Qudwa, a former Palestinian Authority foreign minister and Palestinian envoy…
The Middle East’s newest mediator may be Pakistan
Earlier regional crises, including the June 2025 confrontation with Iran and the September 2025 Israeli strike in Qatar,…
Polarization and Benjamin Netanyahu dominate Israel’s next election
Internal strife Early in May, the polarization index published by Agam Labs posed the question: “What is the…
Holocaust diary of Jewish ghetto policeman restored by Yad Vashem
Time would quickly prove him right. Preserving testimony Eighty-three years later, Yad Vashem is bringing his words back…
Women and their place in Israeli society after October 7
When I was a young reporter covering social welfare issues for The Jerusalem Post, I wrote countless stories…