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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

Amir Ben-David

Amir Ben-David

Amir Ben-David is a journalist and senior writer at Zman Israel, The Times of Israel's sister Hebrew website. He's also a musician with the Israeli rock group “Avtipus” ("prototype"), a screenwriter and a novelist.
Guy Rolnik interviewing a social media executive speaking on condition of anonymity for a scene in the "Rolnik Report." (Kan)
February 12, 2024, 1:56 am
Delete your account: How social media may be metastasizing terror in service of Hamas
Influential economic columnist Guy Rolnik says hatred of Israel and Jews is being spread online to an unfathomable degree, creating an algorithmically sustained shadow October 7
By Amir Ben-David
Troops carry the coffin of fellow soldier Elkana Vizel during his funeral in the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on January 23, 2024 (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
January 23, 2024, 3:26 pm
Till death do us unite
Have we become a nation whose sons can no longer live together — so that all we have left is to die together?
By Amir Ben-David
Hundreds of Israelis holding photographs of abducted and missing family members protest outside the Knesset, many demanding that any ceasefire be conditioned on their release, November 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindeli/Flash90)
November 7, 2023, 2:59 pm
The Israel we knew died on October 7. The new nation will be scarred for generations
On foreign TV, fresh reports of Gazan ruins push aside last month’s atrocities and fuel anti-Israel rallies and sick antisemitism. We in Israel cannot get past October 7
By Amir Ben-David
Peter Green in 1987, with famous his talons (Photo: Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy)
August 22, 2020, 1:33 pm
The last blues of Peter Green
On December 25, 1980, the Fleetwood Mac founder, who passed away last month, walked into a studio in Tel Aviv and left behind a rare recording of bewitching sadness
By Amir Ben-David
The gate to the Bitronot Nahal Tirtza nature reserve, guarded by a female IDF soldier. (Amir Ben-David/ Zman Yisrael)
May 23, 2020, 9:09 am
West Bank expert: Bennett’s newly declared nature sanctuaries spark reservations
Former defense minister’s wildlife preserves are partially closed to the public, frequently used for Israeli agriculture, and often situated on privately-owned Palestinian land
By Amir Ben-David
Joint Arab List head Ayman Odeh courts the Jewish vote at a hip Tel Aviv cafe, February 2020. (Amir Ben-David/Zman Yisrael)
March 1, 2020, 11:04 pm
At a Tel Aviv café, the top Arab lawmaker Ayman Odeh courts the Jewish vote
Joint List leader believes another seat, from Jewish votes, is within reach, but to get there he has to step around the elephant in the room: the anti-Zionist Balad party
By Amir Ben-David
Laith Abu Zeyad (Amir Ben-David)
December 14, 2019, 11:31 am
The thin line between ‘activist’ and ‘ticking time bomb’ for an Amnesty employee
Amnesty activist Laith Abu Zeyad woke up one day to find that he was a virtual prisoner in the West Bank due to a ruling by the Shin Bet, which claims he poses a ‘serious threat’
By Amir Ben-David
Memory shapes who we are our shared experiences so when trying to retrieve a memory in real-time, people intuitively search for context, researcher says. (Illustrative: wildpixel/iStock)
November 30, 2019, 2:47 pm
If memory serves, can it be trained? A new study offers hope
The age of information is reshaping our recall capacities, but does delegating mental responsibilities to devices work for us, or against us? Researchers say the answer is both
By Amir Ben-David
Bananas on display in a Jerusalem market. Banana farming is one of the most stable and profitable agricultural sectors in Israel and the largest among the country's plantation-based crops. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 6, 2019, 5:13 pm
Banana republic: Israel faces killer fungus that can destroy the crop nationwide
Israeli researchers struggle to contain a particularly violent strain of Panama disease, a global threat that is eating its way through one of the country’s most profitable crops
By Amir Ben-David
Graffiti in Jisr az-Zarka, a coastal Arab-Israeli town north of Caesarea. (Amir Ben David)
September 13, 2019, 6:48 am
Fear and loathing, and alienation, on the second 2019 Israeli campaign trail
In the run-up to Sept. 17, many Israelis of all stripes are wondering whether their elected officials even care about them anymore. At 4 very different locales, we found out why
By Amir Ben-David
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 14, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/POOL/AFP)
September 12, 2019, 4:39 pm
Poll: 25% of Arab Israelis think Netanyahu should be prime minister
Only 32% of eligible voters in minority group are certain they’ll vote in the elections next week, 80.5% of them for the Joint List
By Amir Ben-David
Chairman of the board of directors of Bank Leumi, Samer Haj Yehia (courtesy)
July 13, 2019, 5:08 pm
For 1st Arab head of major Israeli bank, breaking down barriers is second nature
Five lessons on success and excellence to learn from the story of Samer Haj Yehia, Bank Leumi’s new chairman of the board
By Amir Ben-David
Israeli protesters take part in a mass rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the banner 'Stopping the Immunity Law — A Defensive Shield for Democracy,' in Tel Aviv on May 25, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 1:42 am
At Tel Aviv Museum, a curious opposition alliance is born. Will it hold?
Gantz would have been more at ease at IDF headquarters, but he acted wisely in the run-up to Saturday’s large anti-Netanyahu, pro-democracy protest, and promised more to come
By Amir Ben-David
Mordo and Ella Ben-David. (Courtesy)
May 18, 2019, 9:00 am
1948 battlefield love story unfolds in forgotten letters recovered by their son
A glimpse of Israel’s fight for independence through the eyes of two 20-something fighters, as their missives are found decades after their deaths by their children… including me
By Amir Ben-David
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