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The Alef-Bet of Meaning

The Alef-Bet of Meaning

Writing, Living, and Building From the Generative Core of Language There is a Hebrew expression that almost everyone recognizes—and almost no one...

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Smashing Foreheads

Smashing Foreheads

From a Russian Proverb to Piety, Performance—and Policy There is a Russian proverb that wastes no time on politeness: Now consider the phenomenon...

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They Signed Letters — Not History

They Signed Letters — Not History

Israel Didn’t “Recognize Palestinians.” It Recognized a Negotiating Partner. A familiar claim keeps resurfacing: “Israel itself recognized the...

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Grammar of B’sov — A Syntax of Turning

Grammar of B’sov — A Syntax of Turning

Truth Emerges B’sov Ha-Neshama — In the Turning of the Soul Language does not only describe reality. At its deeper layer, it reorganizes...

24.04.2026 40

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Palestine Is What You Want It to Be

Palestine Is Not a Fossil — It Is a Battleground There is a persistent illusion in debates about the word “Palestine”: that if you can pin down...

12.04.2026 30

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You Don’t Choose Your Children’s Future

Raised to Become, or Raised to Escape? Two inspiring stories circulate online. The first is familiar. A farmer couple spends their lives under the...

11.04.2026 50

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Before Checks and Balances

A System That Refused to Let Power Settle The modern obsession with “checks and balances” assumes something deceptively simple: power must be...

02.04.2026 60

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One Word. Total Distortion.

Stop Discrediting the Name “Palestine” There is a peculiar kind of discomfort that comes from hearing something that is technically wrong—but...

30.03.2026 50

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Collateralized Suicide at Scale

Understanding the Structural Logic of Irreversible Death Trajectories I introduced the concept of Collateralized Suicide in Collateralized Suicide and...

20.03.2026 50

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Lifespan in the Torah

Methuselah lived 969 years. Or did he? The Torah records lifespans that seem extraordinary—far beyond anything we observe today. Adam lives 930...

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Life Remaining

“People live as they will never die, and die as if they have never lived.” — attributed to the Dalai Lama Rethinking Time and Perspective When...

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The Mossad Agent ‘Qatarlson’

How Three Hours at Ben Gurion Airport Changed the Middle East Episode 1: The Airport Mission February 18, 2026. Ben Gurion Airport. A man steps off a...

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The Many Faces of Chud

From Northern Folklore to the Mediterranean In my earlier article Mediterranean Chud — From Russians to Arabs, From Chud to “Palestinians”, I...

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Names and Narratives

How Semantics Fueled Decades of Confusion Much of the global discussion about the Israel–Palestine conflict begins with a quiet assumption: that two...

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The Tucker Carlson Test

DNA, Sovereignty, and the Obsession With Jewish Legitimacy In his interview with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Tucker Carlson did not rant....

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Subsidizing Division?

If Israel Funded a Parallel “Arab Palestinian” Identity, It Funded Its Own Fracture A recent article titled “Exposé: Israel Invested Millions...

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Arabs Are Those Who Forgot Their Roots

11.02.2026 70

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Hijacked Knowledge: Wikipedia’s War on Truth

02.02.2026 70

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Why Did Palestinians Kill Jesus?

27.12.2025 150

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Palestina, Zoe, and the Greek Art of Translating Meaning

24.12.2025 90

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Taxes Are Not What You Think

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How Israel’s Calendar Protects against Holiday Hijacking

14.12.2025 50

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Sarah, I Am a Palestinian Jew

14.12.2025 80

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The Clientele

09.12.2025 80

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Modern Monetary Mechanics (MMM): The Theory Behind the Noise

04.12.2025 90

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November 30 — Nakba Day: The Jewish Expulsion and Flight from Arab Lands

30.11.2025 80

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Wars Are Not Fought for Land. They Are Fought for Meaning.

15.11.2025 50

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Why the Palestinian Identity Manifesto Is Called ‘Controversial’

26.09.2025 80

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Investing in Hypocrisy: The BDS Index Fund

06.09.2025 100

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A Forgotten Hebrew Gem of Motion and Metaphor

04.08.2025 80

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Israel Isn’t ‘Losing’ — It’s Adapting. Just Like Florida Survives Hurricanes

25.07.2025 50

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Blood Is Not Belonging: On the Theft and Reinvention of Identity

20.07.2025 50

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The Metaphysical Root of Antisemitism and Ziophobia

27.06.2025 50

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The Palestine Paradox Ends Here

01.06.2025 40

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