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‘Friendly fire,’ that horrific oxymoron
By
Michael Oren
Casualties in these tragic accidents are doubled: those who are killed, and those who must live with their fatal mistakes
Michael Hilkowitz
The 2 hostages Hamas has held for thousands of days
If we don’t bring them all home now, the hostages are at real risk of being stuck in Gaza for years and years, like Avera Mengistu and Hisham Al-Sayed
Michal I. Berman
A soldier’s laundry
Other mothers no longer need to fold their son’s uniforms…their sons don’t need them anymore
From the blogs
That 6-year-old boy kicking and screaming
By
Lisa Fliegel
’How do we talk to children amidst this cavernous loss?’ That’s what the blue-shirted counselors in the evacuees hotel ask me
Jeffrey Cahn
5 reasons why Jews must not bemoan Gaza in public
Won’t expressing our pain for Gazans make us more compassionate? Won’t failing to do so make us morally bereft? No and no
Neil Gronowetter
Tax the antisemitism out of US universities
Closing private checkbooks alone isn’t motivation enough to do the right thing and protect Jewish students
War is unsustainable
By
David Lehrer
A world that has passed the 2-degree climate threshold is more terrifying than the destruction we are now seeing in Gaza
Orel Tamari
Anger is not a strategy
Rallying broad support for the war risks blinding Israelis to Gazans’ humanity and dashing hopes for a post-war peace
Fred Maroun
I’m a pacifist, atheist Arab and I’m praying for IDF soldiers
Lies about Jewish history and about Israel are responsible for this war and for every death on both sides
The shared pain of ordinary people caught in the crossfire
By
Sarah Bernstein
Compassion is not a zero-sum game; rather, we should feel empathy for those suffering, regardless of our politics or allegiances
Jonathan Lipow
Who should rule Gaza after the war? Ask the Gazans
One option should be to set up an autonomous ’Gaza Authority’ that would function in parallel to the Palestinian Authority
Susie Becher
Evolution of a take-no-prisoners culture
The killing of 3 Israeli hostages by Israeli troops reflects a record of soldiers shooting first and asking questions later
If I don’t know Hebrew, how can I be in the Israeli army?
By
Tzvi Gleiberman
My commander asked this excellent question when I didn’t understand him at the shooting range. I’m glad I have a good answer
Top Ops
Shayna Goldberg
Finding strength in the strength of others
On the home front, it feels like we are trudging along, absorbing painful and devastating news one day after another
Joel Roskin
Displaced Gazans could be in a far safer area – why aren’t they?
The Al-Mawasi Strip was deemed most suited as a humanitarian zone. Instead, encampments are set up near Hamas installations
Zion Evrony
Principles for ending the war and a roadmap to peace
A Camp David Summit #3 will entail Israel’s full withdrawal from a demilitarized Gaza, and (almost) ridding the Strip of Hamas
Stephen Games
That war when one side surrendered to the other to save lives
Spoiler alert: It wasn’t Hamas — evidently, the world doesn’t want them to stand down
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