Opinion

• Opinion

  Going into year two of war, could international criticism — and accusations of war crimes — actually change Israel’s tactics?

  Israel has once more proved itself adept at spinning favorable narratives around its wartime actions

  By Jessica Wolfendale

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  Opinion

  This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory

  A metastasizing war inspires uncertainty, anxiety and ambivalence

  By Jay Michaelson Oct 2, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  A missile strike, a terror attack, and a falafel guy who is ready to serve

  Rushing through the streets to reunite with her toddlers, a Tel Aviv mom gains new understanding of Israel

  By Sophia Tupolev-Luz Oct 2, 2024 | 3 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement

  

• Rob Eshman ‘Israel is seen as violent’ — and Israeli chefs, once global culinary icons, are feeling the heat

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry Trump wants to control the Israeli judiciary. Uh, good luck

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  Opinion

  There are three ways Israel could react to Iran’s strike — here’s how it should decide between them

  Israel could produce a measured response — or risk World War III

  By Dan Perry Oct 1, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  An Israeli security expert weighs in: ‘I don’t see a way that we do not strike Iran’

  After Tuesday's Iranian missile attack on Israel, Nimrod Novik doesn't see deescalation on the horizon

  By Rob Eshman Oct 1, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  A year after Oct. 7, Israel’s south is still discovering new depths of resilience 

  Revitalization efforts in the war-torn region include plans for a new public university — and a distiller producing Israel's first tequila

  By Rob Eshman Sep 30, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Hassan Nasrallah was not a ‘towering leader’ — he was a terrorist

  Descriptions of the slain Hezbollah leader conveniently leave out the fact that he was responsible for the murders of thousands of civilians

  By Aviya Kushner Sep 30, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground

  Nothing is black-and-white in the Middle East — except, perhaps, the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah

  By Dan Perry Sep 28, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  Netanyahu delivered fire and brimstone at the UN — but who was he trying to impress?

  It appears Israel's prime minister was aiming for an audience of one

  By Dan Perry Sep 27, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  He’s a Muslim Israeli who was close with Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Now he’s mourning his friend — and seeking change

  'This is the time to unite, Arabs and Jews,’ said Yanal Jabarin

  By Rob Eshman Sep 26, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Politics

  I’m Haitian and Jewish. I refuse to have my identities be weaponized.

  The right-wing incitement against immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, shows the importance of solidarity, writes Bend the Arc’s chief program officer

  By Rachel Laforest Sep 26, 2024 | 2 min read