Israel is not Netanyahu: The Jewish case against political idolization - opinion
As Israelis head to the polls, October 7 demands accountability from leaders and a rejection of the idea that any politician is bigger than Israel.
As Israelis head to the polls, October 7 demands accountability from leaders and a rejection of the idea that any politician is bigger than Israel.
Netanyahu’s strategy of preventing Palestinian statehood was meant to protect Israel. Instead, Gershon Baskin argues, it helped preserve the conditions that produced October 7.
If October 7 survives chiefly as the beginning of what came afterward, something has been lost.
"After confronting darkness far greater than any people should have to bear - We are still here"
On October 7, Israel remembers the victims and hostages of Hamas’s massacre. But Gaza also has a memory of that day — one of destruction and war triggered by a decision its civilians did not make.
The war that began on the morning of October 7 remains unresolved. Hamas has not been disarmed; its future in Gaza remains unsettled, and the question of who will govern Gaza remains unanswered.
Why we chose Naama’s words for our October 7 cover, and why I still owe an apology to families who contacted us.
The Israeli prime minister is making the New York mayor a central bogeyman this election season.
Hamas official Ghazi Hamad said October 7 came at a heavy price, but pointed to Israel’s isolation and renewed Palestinian statehood push as strategic gains.
Three years after October 7, the attack has revived a fundamental Zionist question: Can the Jewish people entrust their security and future to others?
What is at stake in the coming years is not only the physical survival of Israel against enormous challenges, but the preservation of our most basic DNA: responsibility, service, loyalty.