To end the cycle of bloodshed, Israel's liberals must break free from right-wing myths

by mgall74 | Nov 8, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The West can’t understand the Israelis. During two years of war in the Gaza Strip, countless proposals to end the fighting emerged from Western and Arab capitals. In all of them, the war’s conclusion was understood as a staging ground for resolving...

What Israel's opposition should learn from Mamdani

by mgall74 | Nov 6, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] After Zohran Mamdani’s extraordinary victory in the New York Mayoral race on Tuesday, it’s impossible not to recall a conversation with a politically savvy progressive colleague back in the spring of 2025: “Mamdani has such great...

Thirty years after Rabin's murder, Israelis must stop fearing peace and start fearing life without it

by mgall74 | Nov 5, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] News Life and CultureColumnists and OpinionHaaretz Hebrew and TheMarkerPartnershipsHaaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.©...

Abbas signals retirement, but vies to keep Fatah in control of the Palestinian Authority

by mgall74 | Oct 27, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] By announcing a replacement for himself if he becomes incapacitated, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is proposing a temporary solution that could become permanent. With the Palestinian society at a paramount crossroads, Abbas may be trying to...

Why this Israeli ethics professor differentiates between living and dead hostages

by mgall74 | Oct 25, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] 13 Hostages, 750 Days in Gaza Professor Yechiel Michael Barilan says history shows that every war ends with slain persons buried in unknown locations, and that insisting on returning them at any cost could even be viewed as ‘a subconscious attempt at...