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Which school of philosophy provides the best guide for how to think about Gaza?
When it comes to the horrors of the war in the MIddle East, neither Moses nor Immanuel Kant is sufficient
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Opinion The Jewish Federation isn’t evolving on Israel. So it’s losing young Jews like me
The Federations' unconditional support of Israel's war on Gaza does not represent the majority of American Jews
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Opinion In that horrific video of a man digging his own grave, Israelis are seeing something that Americans aren’t
In the American media, viewers are offered only a disturbing glimpse of what Israelis have been watching over and over
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Opinion Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan is a disaster. But it contains a tiny kernel of wisdom
The world is finally in agreement that Hamas must go — and that's progress
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Opinion Hamas should release all the hostages. But it’s foolish to think that would end the war
Israel's commitment to territorial expansion is what keeps the hostages in captivity
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Opinion A US official just made history in the West Bank — did he imperil prospects for peace?
Support for settlements is fundamentally incompatible with support for a democratic, Jewish-majority Israel
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Opinion Nazi Grok is a problem. So are the far-right Jews using AI to spread hate
Pro-Israel social media accounts are sharing AI-generated content that targets Muslims and Palestinians
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Opinion A beloved peace activist was killed in the West Bank. Can his death finally teach us empathy?
Awdah Hathaleen was my friend. Here are the lessons, as a rabbi, that I'm taking from his life
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Opinion As an Israeli political scientist, I resisted thinking this war was a genocide. Here’s what changed my mind
Many genocides don't closely resemble the Holocaust — and many of us are too ignorant about that
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Opinion Israelis want out of the Gaza war. But all the exit routes feel like traps
The world might see us as bloodthirsty — they couldn't be more wrong
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Opinion On Monday my son was sworn into the IDF. I spent that afternoon protesting the Israeli government.
My stake in the future of Israel as a democratic state with a moral army is greater than ever
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