Even the Palestinians seem to have an increased faith in the meaningfulness of Israeli Democracy this go-around.

This seems like a tedious distinction.

Sorry to break character but I have to say it. I am a Lifelong moderate liberal. With Democrats nominating radicals like Abdul El-Sayed, and Democratic Party leaders cheering him on, I think this is the year where it makes sense for all common-sense, moderate, reasonable Democrats like myself to vote straight ticket GOP.

Who is Sharia and why does she make laws?

Countries that had diplomatic relations with Israel 1975 vs 2022

Cenk every day

Why the heck would you call it a “Jewish-Arab government” when you could just call it an Israeli government?

It’s hard to find a Jew who hates modern Germans for what they did in the Holocaust but you’ll have no problem finding an Irishman who hates the modern English for what Cromwell did in the 17th Century

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Must-read. Since October 2023, four-fifths of Wikipedia's article on Zionism has been rewritten. Historians like Benny Morris are cited to say things they never said. Editors banned from the page left their work behind. Wikipedia is where millions go for "neutral" facts, and AI models train on it. This isn't an encyclopedia anymore. It's a propaganda operation with footnotes. nitter.siddz.com/clairlemon/status/2116…

Ben Rhodes watched Assad gas people, the mullahs mow down protesters, and Russia send little green men into Ukraine and was like “this is fine.”

There would need 5 seats not 4. A majority is 61.

My greatest regret is never having become fluent in Hebrew. A new school in Gaza’s Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone is now teaching displaced Palestinian children to speak and write the language. Hebrew was taught in Gaza three decades ago, before the Palestinian Authority assumed control of the Strip, but that ended. Hamas later offered it only in limited settings as “the language of our enemy.” I vividly remember older generations of Gazans, especially those who worked in Israel, speaking Hebrew and using it to build relationships across the Palestinian-Israeli divide. My hope is that, alongside English, Hebrew becomes a standard part of education for Gaza’s future generations, strengthening connectivity and enabling Palestinians to communicate directly with neighbors who matter immensely, whether we like it or not. Recently, I met senior Israeli military and political officials whose fluency in Arabic gave them a deeper, more nuanced understanding of Palestinian society. Palestinians likewise need a better grasp of Israeli society, politics, media, and public discourse. Healing and reconciliation require a shared language. Perhaps this can be one small step on the long road toward making that possible.

I asked Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) for his thoughts on the increasingly public dispute between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens. Here's what he told @jewishinsider: "Rep. Haley Stevens simply held Abdul El-Sayed accountable for his views on Israel and fixation with Jewish money. El-Sayed is going after a woman and banning her from campaign events for having an opinion. El-Sayed's overreaction demonstrates why he struggles with groups of Michigan voters. He has the worst case of little man syndrome I’ve ever seen."

Ta'al can't go into a government, but I question whether it's accurate to call them Arab nationalists. They're more like they're binationalists.

This video was taken in Gaza today at the funeral of a Hamas terrorist. You'll never see it on CNN or any other major Western media outlet. But you'll see the one below every single day. Why?

Shas is too committed to being part of the right now

This was a disturbing and deeply embarrassing scene in Gaza City today during the funeral of a man killed in an Israeli airstrike for allegedly being affiliated with Hamas. Members of his clan fired thousands of rounds into the air, initially causing panic and confusion among residents who did not understand what was happening. The spectacle of armed men recklessly discharging weapons sparked widespread anger and contempt among many Gazans, who viewed it as yet another example of the destructive behavior of powerful clans in the Strip. The incident renewed calls to disarm Gaza's clans and militias and remove weapons from civilian hands to reduce crime, curb intra-Palestinian violence, strengthen the rule of law, and break patterns of behavior that fuel radicalization, intimidation, and the dominance of armed actors over civil society. Many Palestinians bitterly note the irony that these same clans and armed strongmen, so eager to display their power before fellow Palestinians, tend to disappear when confronted by the Israeli military. Time and again, tribal militias, criminal gangs, and other armed actors avoid direct confrontation with the IDF, yet readily turn their weapons on other Palestinians, whether against Palestinian Authority forces in the past or, at times, even against Hamas itself. There should be no tolerance for lawlessness. Neither "martyrs" nor their families have the right to terrorize an entire society in the name of archaic notions of honor, death glorification, or tribal privilege. Hamas and Gaza's powerful clans alike must be disarmed, for the sake of Palestinians and Israelis alike.

Previously he said mandatory and quickly corrected himself that he meant voluntary when some Arabs got angry. And Segalovitch has said mandatory service was a condition of his to join Ra'am. And he accepted Eisenkot's four principles yesterday, which includes mandatory national service.