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Every morning at 8 A.M., the elementary school I attended would hold roll call in the courtyard, and one of the students, sometimes me, would go the...
Maybe we haven't sufficiently denigrated his lifestyle; in any event, he came by all the denigration honestly. But take note that his many detractors...
Only a few hours separated Antony Blinken and Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting in Jerusalem and the moving, impressive speech by the U.S. president at the...
How easy it is to shock Israelis over rioting settlers. That's not us, we had nothing to do with it. They're not even part of Israel. They are the...
The Israel Defense Forces has decided to downsize the Oketz unit, Unit 7142, ahead of its cancellation. The unit for dogs and their trainers has been...
The B'Tselem report published this week, "Welcome to Hell," isn't only a report about what's happening in Israel's prison facilities; it's a report...
It was the end of a joyous week, the likes of which we haven't seen in ten months. On Wednesday, we took down Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran; on...
Shame on you, senators and congressmen. Last week, you held one of the most shameful sessions ever held on Capitol Hill. You cheered a politician who...
The trumpets of victory sounded immediately. The dust did not yet settle over the mangled tents of the displaced in Mawasi before the studios began...
Like everything in the Israeli military, generals can be divided into three groups. The largest is that of faceless individuals whose names, much less...
Israel is aghast over Roger Waters. Israel is aghast at the October 7 deniers. There is nothing worse today in the eyes of Israelis than to deny the...
Anyone who wants to learn what's happened to Israelis since October 7 is advised to look at the release from prison of Al-Shifa Hospital's director....
Evening fell on the now half-ruined Jenin refugee camp, and the group of men met, as usual, at the camp's pharmacy, El Carmel. There were around 10 of...
A picture is missing from the Tel Aviv plaza known as Hostages Square. A few dozen images are also missing from the nearby Kaplan Street...
At last, justice; the very earliest signs of the beginning of a late, partial justice, yet still a measure of justice. There is no joy in your prime...
Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh was the head of the orthopedic wing at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. During the war, he had to wander from one hospital to the next,...
Eric Clapton has been performing in recent months with a guitar painted black, white, green and red, the colors of the Palestinian flag.
I shall remember them all Monday. I shall remember Pvt. Gideon Bachrach, after whom I am named. I will stand at attention during the Memorial Day...
When photographer Alex Levac wanted to get out of the car for a moment, the soldier asked him: "Are you Jewish?"
All decent Israelis must ask themselves the following questions: Is their country committing war crimes in Gaza? If so, how should they be stopped?...
Here's another record for hypocrisy and lack of self-awareness: Israel's university presidents published a letter saying they are troubled by the...
Almost any attempt to find a sliver of hope in these darkest of dark times is doomed to failure. Having said that, here is a faint ray of light on the...
It was a cold winter night, a few minutes after 3 A.M., but Omar Abdelmajeed As'ad was driving home. Since his return 11 years earlier from a...
Dardaleh! is Israel's new battle cry. Dardaleh – Hebrew slang for a weak kick in soccer – is the latest expression of the right's unquenchable...
Benny Gantz's attendance at Naomi Polani's funeral on Tuesday brought up sweet, pleasant memories of days long gone, before all the troubles began.
Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi was killed April 1 in a strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Two weeks later, Israel is anxiously bracing for what's...
The right wants more, more, more. So do many Israelis who don't consider themselves right-wingers. All the dead, disabled, displaced and starving...
Sunday is the six-month anniversary, and it seems this won't be the war's last six-month milestone; no one in Israel has any idea how to end the worst...
We would all know a great deal less about the occupation were it not for B'Tselem. It wouldn't matter to most Israelis and Israeli media outlets; they...
Israel wants war. More and more war, as much as possible, and perhaps even more. Gone are the days of our childhood, when they told us Israel wants...
Four friends set out. They walk on a road of leveled sand where homes once stood. They walk with determination; from above they don't look scared....
A pretty woman has her picture taken with others in her family. She rests her head on her hand, gazes softly at the camera, a wisp of a smile on her...
The Israeli military is once again preaching morality to the country as a whole. Every time it seems that Israel has beat its addiction to militarism,...
Dear friends and former friends: It's time to sober up from the sobering up.
Terrible news: Another 27 captives have died in the tunnels of evil; some of illnesses and injuries that went untreated, others from beatings and the...
With the war now having passed the 150-day mark, every Israeli should ask themselves honestly: Are we better off now than on October 6, 2023? Are we...
It was a night of death and hunger. When it ended, at least 112 people had been killed and another 760 were injured. Israel tried to deny...
Once again it has been proved that there is no real substitute, no genuine alternative and no true opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu.
There are not many countries so desperate for national honor and pride as much as Israel. Whether it's the Olympics, Eurovision or the backgammon...
Now is the time for the United States, and in its wake the international community, to make a decision: Will the endless cycle of violence between...
Just like the good old days, Israel once again worships its army. The raid that released Louis Norberto Har and Fernando Marman sparked a crescendo of...
All we can do now is to request, beg, cry out: Don't enter Rafah. An Israeli incursion into Rafah will be an attack on the world's biggest displaced...
The terms of the emerging deal with Hamas are being presented by Israel as entailing a "painful price." It is based on the assumption that whatever is...
Two hundred and sixty names of babies whose age was 0; names of babies who didn't get to celebrate their first birthday, nor will they ever celebrate...
After the Yom Kippur War, Israel humbly bowed its head and reshaped itself. The traumatized country drew into itself and mourned. The post-Six Day War...
Isaac Herzog, Yoav Gallant, Israel Katz: Israel's president, defense minister and foreign minister. The president of the International Court of...