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June 2025

Temporal News, and (Mostly) Slain Dragons
How reading news out of order robs us of the context we need for understanding, and how Israel now stands close to victory in a field of mostly defanged…
Cease, Fire
Stumbling toward inner peace?
2
The Regime in Tehran Is Trapped by Their Own Ideology
Tehran cannot negotiate away their nuclear program without sacrificing their raison d'etre, so they can't give up the one thing motivating their enemies…
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Megilat Milchemet Ha'atzeret, Perek Chamishi
The Scroll of the Shemini-Atzeret War, Chapter 5, FIRST DRAFT.
1
War, Not Apocalypse
The scale of the horror in what we expect in the coming conflict with Iran has been whittled down to something recognizable and 'manageable,' for most…
2
The Draft That Could Break the Nation
Today, the Israeli government may fall, and new elections may be called—over the perennial issue of drafting Haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) into the IDF.
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May 2025

April 2025

Mind Reading and Fortune Telling
On Nadav Eyal's 'mainstream' Israeli perspective, with optimism only in cases where it fits his narrow political worldview (anti Bibi), and the danger…
1
Yes, I Will Celebrate Freedom This Passover
War and Jewish hostages are a near constant in Jewish history, not an exception. The Seder is designed to help us integrate these realities, not to be…
1
Bar, Ben-Gurion, and the Battle for Israel’s Sovereignty
Ronen Bar’s firing isn’t just about Qatargate. It’s about who runs this country: elected leaders or a self-perpetuating legal caste.
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