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The following essay is by our Tel-Aviv based guest writer Yonatan Daon, who's been living in Israel admist the violence and bombings since Iran sent missles into Israeli civilian territory last week. He brings this reporting to you from the heart of Tel Aviv. The Story Behind Operation
Academia
A student at West Virginia University has been punished by his school for passing out a pro-Israel book by Alan Dershowitz as part of an educational community service initiative. The student — Eliyahu Itkowitz, a religious Jew who just finished his freshman-year at WVU — was passing out copies of the book
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Yonatan Daon is a writer, art historian, and commentator based in Tel Aviv, Israel. He writes with a focus on aesthetics, moral philosophy, and the cultural battles of our time. His work appears on Philosophy: I Need It, a platform for essays, stories, and unapologetic commentary. Follow Daon on X
Antisemitism
Yonatan Daon is a writer, art historian, and commentator based in Tel Aviv, Israel. He writes with a focus on aesthetics, moral philosophy, and the cultural battles of our time. His work appears on Philosophy: I Need It, a platform for essays, stories, and unapologetic commentary. Follow Daon on X
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The Enlightenment and the Power of Shame Has civil resistance ever worked against governments in societies that did not participate in the Enlightenment? The most notable instances of effective civil disobedience are Gandhi’s approach with the British in India and Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign during the Civil
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Hussein Mansour is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, ISGAP, and the author of The Abrahamic Metacritique, where he writes about Middle Eastern politics, Islamic thought and modern intellectual history. Just last night, Israel initiated targeted military strikes against critical Iranian nuclear sites and announced
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This is a guest essay written by Samuel J. Hyde, a Fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute. Find him on Instagram and X. Follow his Substack “Beyond Belief” where his most brilliant ideas shine. There are moments in history when states must act not only to defend their borders,
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Trump’s recent movements in the Middle East have spurred the usual suspects on the left and right to bemoan a potential “war with Iran”. Their arguments are weak, and the root of their arguments are almost always that Israel is “dragging us into another pointless war”. Let me explain
Israel
Ever since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War created a massive Palestinian refugee crisis, Arab governments have loudly championed the Palestinian cause in public forums. From fiery speeches at Arab League summits to decades of sloganeering about “liberating Palestine,” the issue has long dominated Middle Eastern politics. Yet behind the rhetoric,
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Restrainers in Washington are issuing harsh warnings towards the Trump administration and the American public about engaging in a direct attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, or allowing the Israelis to do so. They say it would lead to similar outcomes to the Iraq War, which the majority of Americans
Antisemitism
Introduction: The False Premise A few days ago, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett appeared on the BBC. The interviewer raised a now-standard accusation disguised as a question: “President Trump said there’s starvation in Gaza. Is he wrong?” Bennett replied quickly. “There is no starvation in Gaza,” he said,
Antisemitism
Unlike in the United States or Western Europe—where anti-Zionism thrives under the camouflage of academic theory, progressive rhetoric, and elite institutional tolerance—in South Africa, it has been raised to the level of state ideology. Here, it is not simply tolerated but codified, sanctified, and weaponized. The government itself