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Andy Blumenthal

Jul 25, 2018, 3:44 PM

This is a fix for the editorial headline

This is a fix for the editorial underline

Jul 8, 2018, 1:42 AM

A Search for Home

Around four months have passed since I left the kibbutz I love in search of a new home away from home. I didn't want to leave and don't particularly want to get in to it here, however I was...

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 7, 2018, 10:43 AM

Dialogue with a “Former Israel Supporter”

Here is an email dialogue that I had recently with someone who criticized my writings in Times of Israel and identified themselves as a "Former Israel Supporter." Him: "I ran into your rambling in TOI. Just what we need -...

Jul 6, 2018, 5:58 PM

Ride for the Future

Unlike all the other days of our vacation, as we woke up early last Thursday morning, dark clouds filled the sky. Over 200 of us met at the JCC in Krakow, Poland and boarded buses to bring us to...

Jul 4, 2018, 8:19 PM

I was a draft-dodger

Illustrative: Soldiers of the IDF's ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion sit in a field at the Peles Military Base, in the Northern Jordan Valley. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Where the South African army was an instrument of racism, the ultra-Orthodox have nothing to complain about

Jul 3, 2018, 8:10 AM

Israel, Gaza, and International Law

Did Israel Violate International Law during the Recent Gaza Demonstrations Pro-Palestinian commentators and social media activists have been lambasting Israel over the course of the recent Gaza demonstrations for violating international law with proclamations of war crimes and human rights...

Daniel Bucksbaum

Jul 3, 2018, 8:07 AM

Refugees and Security: Israel’s Dilemma in Southwest Syria

Israel is bracing for any scenario in the areas just east and southeast of the Golan Heights, as it expects heavy fighting between the Assad regime and rebels in the Dara’a province to continue. Syrian and Russian efforts to...

Jul 2, 2018, 11:33 AM

Israel has a simple solution – help the children

Pious politicians and columnists alike have something in common — they praise action when it is “the right thing to do”. I will lay bets that almost everyone, across the political spectrum, is in agreement on one thing — the...

Jul 2, 2018, 7:20 AM

Israeli Intervenion 2.0

Almost 48 years ago today, one of the most bizarre events in the bizarre history of the Middle East took place. The Israeli Air Force took to the skies to prevent a Syrian invasion of Jordan. Both sworn enemies...

Jun 29, 2018, 2:31 PM

Israel Must Either Protect or Admit the Syrian Refugees

I am more upset and angry than I can remember. Despite an early agreement with the Russians and the Americans, the Syrian army is retaking the southern part of Syria that borders Israel and Jordan. There are reports that...

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