Monthly Archives: October 2023

The roots of Hamas’ terror attack can be found in Gaza’s schools

At the core of the tragedy unfolding in Gaza is a question: When Israel withdrew from the coastal Palestinian enclave in 2005, why did the romantic vision of it as a place that would...

Join a war time effort to counter indiscretions of Haaretz English

Join a war time effort to counter indiscretions of Haaretz English A source of confusion and hostility about Israel - especially during a time of war- lies with the English edition of Haaretz Academia, Foreign press, Diplomatic corps...

International and Israeli Sociologists in Solidarity with Hamas

A new petition titled "Sociologists in Solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian People" was posted recently, with some two thousand signatures from students and staff. It includes many Arabs and some Jews, including David Feldman, Professor...

True colours

It is at times like these when one can discover who is genuine and who is “missing in action”. This is not the first time that Jews in the Diaspora and Israel have faced a...

Inquisition at the UN

Antonio Guterres is Secretary General of the United Nations. His public response to the Hamas Oct 7 Atrocity was to justify the slaughter of Israelis by reciting a stream of pitiful excuses and outrageous...

The Day After Tomorrow

I teach film, among other things, and there is a film that comes to mind while assessing the current situation in Israel. It is the 1996 American science fiction action film Independence Day. In the aftermath of a...

The Modern Dilemma

The Hamas war is Iran's war against the modern world. It was long-planned, but the trigger that set it off was the blossoming of Israeli "normalization" with the Saudis. The cartoon asks if the leaders...

Behind the scene with David Bedein – October 23, 2023

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I Negotiated Israel’s Hardest Hostage Deal. Here’s What’s Next in Gaza.

Gilad Schalit, an Israeli soldier, had been a hostage for five years before Israel and Hamas were seriously willing to work toward his release. That was 2011. I had been pursuing secret back-channel communications...

UNRWA incites during a time of war

At a time when the war in Gaza continues in full force, Israeli state security services are finally enforcing a crackdown on incitement, a step which our agency has advocated for more than 30...