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Worlds of Identity: Peoples, Memory, and Survival
Jun 16, 2026
Stop Saying Arafat’s Cairo Birth Debunks Palestinian Identity
Arafat’s Cairo birth is often used as a shortcut to dismiss Palestinian identity. But the same lo...
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War Narratives: Israel's Conflics and its Consequences
Jun 3, 2026
When Strategy Hits Home in the North
A resident of northern Israel describes how decisions made in Washington and Tehran shape daily l...
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The Machinery of Narratives
Jun 2, 2026
Human Stories for Gazans, Israelis Die and the World Looks Away
International institutions and major media outlets respond to Israeli and Gazan casualties with t...
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Jab'a Investigation
Jun 1, 2026
Israeli Media Repeated Jab’a Claims Without Independent Verification
Israeli media repeated sweeping claims about Jab’a—burned homes, structural arson, mass assault—w...
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Jab'a Investigation
Jun 1, 2026
Jab'a: What Really Happened. According to the Evidence
Despite sweeping claims of arson, pogrom, and mass assault, the physical record from Jab’a is sur...
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Jab'a Investigation
Jun 1, 2026
Israeli NGOs: The Pogrom They Saw and the One They Didn't
Israeli NGOs used maximal moral language to describe Jewish attackers in Jab’a, yet framed Hamas’...
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Jab'a Investigation
Jun 1, 2026
How Israeli NGOs Constructed the Jab’a Narrative Without Supporting Evidence
NGOs described the Jab’a attack using terms—pogrom, terror, burned homes—that their own photograp...
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Jab'a Investigation
Jun 1, 2026
How Arabic-Language Outlets Constructed the Jab’a Narrative
Arabic-language outlets treated the Jab’a attack not as an event to verify but as a symbol to rei...
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Jab'a Investigation
Jun 1, 2026
Before the Narrative Hardens: Watching the Jab’a Video Carefully
The only continuous footage from Jab’a contradicts one of the central claims repeated after the a...
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Inside the State of Israel: Law, Power, and Crisis
Oct 21, 2025
Israel’s Death Penalty Paradox: On the Books, Used Once
Israel already has the legal authority to execute terrorists, yet its institutions refuse to use ...
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Silenced Palestinian Voices
Sep 26, 2025
What Palestinians Actually Say When You Listen
Western activists claim to speak for Palestinians, but many Palestinians describe realities, hope...
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The Quiet Abandonment of Palestine
Sep 16, 2025
The Gulf Has Moved On — And Palestine Is No Longer the Arab Priority
Gulf governments now treat the Palestinian cause as a diplomatic formality rather than a strategi...
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Sovereignty in the Balance: Israel’s Unfinished Project
Jul 24, 2025
The 2025 Sovereignty Movement Conference Highlighting a National Turning Point
Israel’s sovereignty movement is no longer fringe. The 2025 Sovereignty Conference crystallized a...
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The Machinery of Narratives
Jul 12, 2025
The Staged Gaza Aid Video the Media Ignored
The media ignored a video of a Gaza boy being handed food for the camera—then having it taken awa...
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The Machinery of Narratives
Jul 8, 2025
A Comment, a Siren, and the Story Behind Uneven War Reporting
A single online comment shifted my focus from rockets over Israel to the deeper pattern shaping g...
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Sovereignty in the Balance: Israel’s Unfinished Project
Jul 5, 2025
From Planting to Power: Birth of the Sovereignty Movement in Israel
For decades, Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar worked on the margins—planting trees, reclaiming hi...
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Inside the State of Israel: Law, Power, and Crisis
Jul 4, 2025
The New Sovereignty Wave: What the Bills Reveal
Israel’s sovereignty push is accelerating. A cluster of bills—territorial, legal, procedural, and...
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Antisemitic Narratives
Jul 2, 2025
A Look at Neo Nazi Content Growing on Substack
A Substack newsletter openly glorifies Hitler, calls for genocide, and grows its audience uncheck...
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Antisemitic Narratives
Jun 30, 2025
I Wrote About Missing Syrian Women. Then the Antisemitism Crawled Out.
A report on abducted Syrian women was derailed by classic antisemitic lies. Tracing the comments ...
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Worlds of Identity: Peoples, Memory, and Survival
Jun 28, 2025
The Alawites were Told to Lay Down Their Weapons. Then the Massacres Began.
When Assad’s regime collapsed, the Alawites laid down their weapons in good faith. What followed ...
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The Machinery of Narratives
Jun 11, 2025
They Tested Congress for “Loyalty to Palestine.” The Results Shocked Them.
A pro Palestinian lobby group graded U.S. lawmakers on their support for “Palestinian justice” af...
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The Machinery of Narratives
Jun 11, 2025
The Oct 7th Litmus Test for Western Leaders
Their own posts tell the story: early condemnation of Hamas quickly gave way to pressure on Israe...
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Sovereignty in the Balance: Israel’s Unfinished Project
Jun 10, 2025
Yacov Pedhatzur-Wiedhopf: How the Real Two State Plan Was Abandoned
For a century, the world has pushed a fantasy two state solution west of the Jordan River. The on...
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Sovereignty in the Balance: Israel’s Unfinished Project
Jun 10, 2025
Kedar’s Emirates Plan: A Tribal Alternative to the Failed PA Model
Prof. Mordechai Kedar argues that Arab tribal structures, not Western state models, hold the key ...
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War Narratives: Israel's Conflics and its Consequences
May 12, 2025
Hostages, Trump, and Chaos: Israel’s Breaking Point
Two hostage forums, two opposite demands, and a former U.S. president stepping into the center of...
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Sovereignty in the Balance: Israel’s Unfinished Project
May 9, 2025
After Oslo, Can Palestinian Arabs Shift to a New Political System?
Senior Arab affairs correspondent Pinhas Inbari argues that neither the Village Leagues nor the E...
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Sovereignty in the Balance: Israel’s Unfinished Project
May 9, 2025
How the Village Leagues Model Could Reshape Governance in Judea and Samaria
Security expert Dan Diker argues that Oslo inverted Israel’s legitimacy and empowered the PLO. He...
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War Narratives: Israel's Conflics and its Consequences
Apr 27, 2025
Amir Kochavi’s Holocaust Day Speech Crossed a Line. Here’s Why It Matters
Hod Hasharon’s mayor used a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony to accuse Israel of “atrocities.” ...
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The Machinery of Narratives
Apr 25, 2025
How to Respond When Israelis Accuse Israel of “Committing a Holocaust”
An Israeli man accused Israel of committing a Holocaust against Palestinians. Instead of blocking...
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Worlds of Identity: Peoples, Memory, and Survival
Apr 21, 2025
How did a hated Alawite get to be president of a Muslim Syria?
A young Alawite Syrian explains how his marginalized community ended up ruling a Sunni majority c...
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Worlds of Identity: Peoples, Memory, and Survival
Apr 21, 2025
Meet Yusef, an Alawite Syrian who escaped the atrocities
Yusef, an Alawite Syrian, fled his village after militants murdered his relatives. His story reve...
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Worlds of Identity: Peoples, Memory, and Survival
Apr 21, 2025
They’re Emptying Alawite Villages. This Is Ethnic Cleansing.
Alawite Syrians are being expelled from their homes in Hama, Homs, Latakia and Tartus. Twelve vil...
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War Narratives: Israel's Conflics and its Consequences
Apr 16, 2025
Victory and Resilience alongside Despair: Passover 2025
Even in a year marked by loss, division and ongoing trauma, the simple act of gathering for the S...
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Sovereignty in the Balance: Israel’s Unfinished Project
Apr 7, 2025
Author John Matthews: Another Outsider tells Israel how to Make Peace!
John Matthews’ “Ultimate, Definitive Peace Plan” repeats the same well meaning but misguided assu...
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War Narratives: Israel's Conflics and its Consequences
Mar 10, 2025
Mercy vs Justice: Why the Hostage Deal Isn’t Just About Israel
Sara K. Eisen argues that Israel’s hostage deal is not only a national dilemma but a global test ...
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The Quiet Abandonment of Palestine
Jan 31, 2025
Why Even Opponents of “Transfer” Should Consider Trump’s Gaza Plan
Trump’s proposal to temporarily relocate Gazans to Egypt or Jordan sparked outrage — but what if ...
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Inside the State of Israel: Law, Power, and Crisis
Jan 20, 2025
"Bring them Home" vs "Total Victory": Inside Israel's Hostage Debate
Two groups of hostage families experience the same pain and draw opposite conclusions: stop the w...
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Inside the State of Israel: Law, Power, and Crisis
Jan 8, 2025
Israel's "Sophie's Choice" Hostage Deal: Impossible Decisions
Israel’s leaders are being asked to choose between saving hostages now and risking future massacr...
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Inside the State of Israel: Law, Power, and Crisis
Dec 27, 2024
The Barakeh, Former MK Who Praised Armed Resistance — and the System That Looked Away
Mohammad Barakeh openly praises violent resistance against Israel — yet Israeli institutions repe...
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On the Land
Nov 28, 2024
Meet Daniel the Settler
Daniel lives where the Bible unfolded — and where he scans the road for danger every time he driv...
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Sovereignty in the Balance: Israel’s Unfinished Project
Nov 24, 2024
“Expert” Geographer Erases Israel: A Two Part Examination of Matt Rosenberg’s Claims
Two articles by a National Geographic–affiliated geographer present a distorted picture of Israel...
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Inside the State of Israel: Law, Power, and Crisis
Nov 23, 2024
An Israeli Protester Compared the IDF to Nazis. Should we Ignore it?
At a small Haifa demonstration, an activist shouted that IDF soldiers are “Nazis.” Was it a momen...
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Inside the State of Israel: Law, Power, and Crisis
Nov 7, 2024
“Send Them to Gaza”? The Knesset Just Made It Law.
Israel has passed a law allowing the deportation of certain family members of terrorists. With Ga...
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War Narratives: Israel's Conflics and its Consequences
Aug 9, 2024
Walking the Dogs as the Skies Threaten War: A Haifa War Diary
A Haifa resident confronts the strange duality of life under threat — the as if normal routines o...
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War Narratives: Israel's Conflics and its Consequences
Jun 16, 2024
Driving Through History: Reading Sobin’s Book as War Looms Over the North
Clifford Sobin turns Israel’s northern border communities into living, breathing characters. His ...
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War Narratives: Israel's Conflics and its Consequences
Apr 13, 2024
No, Haifa Is Not Being Evacuated: Debunking a Viral Lie
A viral TikTok clip claimed Haifa and Tel Aviv were being evacuated. They weren’t. Here’s how one...
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Antisemitic Narratives
Feb 10, 2024
When Jew Hatred is a Character in a Novel: A Review of Daniel Silva’s The Order
Daniel Silva’s The Order turns the origins of Christian Jew hatred into a central character. It’s...
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Silenced Palestinian Voices
Dec 2, 2023
An innocent Gazan civilian who hates Hamas - Really!
A Gazan man insists he hates Hamas, yet his own words reveal how deeply Israel remains the defaul...
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