Monthly Essay ·
The Israeli Reservists Who Just Won’t Quit
By Daniel PolisarFighting Israel’s longest war, the IDF’s citizen soldiers are revitalizing the Zionist ideal.
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Israel & Zionism
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Observation ·
Checking In on Thomas Friedman
By Neil RogachevskyCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
Why Making Peace with the Palestinians Isn’t Like Making Peace with Egypt and Jordan
By Daniel PolisarI greatly welcome and appreciate the thoughts of Daniel Pipes, Ghaith al-Omari, and Elliott Abrams, the three distinguished respondents to my essay in Mosaic , “Do Palestinians Want a Two-State Solu...
Response ·
Palestinians Aren’t Ready to Make Peace with Israel. That Doesn’t Rule Out a Peace Deal.
By Ghaith al-OmariIn his Mosaic essay, “ Do Palestinians Want a Two-State Solution? ” Daniel Polisar concludes that the Palestinian public does not, in fact, want such a solution. Instead, by large and consistent maj...
Response ·
The Israel-Palestinian Peace Process Has Been a Massive Charade
By Daniel PipesDaniel Polisar of Shalem College in Jerusalem shook the debate over Palestinian-Israeli relations in November 2015 with his essay, “ What Do Palestinians Want? ” In it, having studied 330 polls to “un...
Monthly Essay ·
Do Palestinians Want a Two-State Solution?
By Daniel PolisarWestern statesmen and politicians have long asserted that the two-state solution commands majority support on the ground. Most Palestinians say otherwise.
Observation ·
Taking History into Their Own Hands
By Joshua MuravchikCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
Podcast: Yossi Melman on Israel’s Most Famous Spy
By Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
Podcast: Ari Heistein on the American War on the Houthis, and the Israeli One
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Ari HeisteinCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
Hamas Is Not Just a Terrorist Organization
By John Spencer, Solomon MoshkevichCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
Ancient Jerusalem Reborn: The Discovery of the City of David—and the Palestinian Effort to Erase It
By The EditorsTuesday, April 29 12:00 PM ET Live on Zoom For more than 3,000 years, Jerusalem has been the beating heart of the Jewish people. The connection between Jews and Jerusalem stretches back to the Heb...
Monthly Essay ·
The Parking Lot That Determined the Future of Jerusalem’s Past
By Doron SpielmanIn the 1860s, a British explorer discovered the City of David. Fifteen years ago, the Palestinian Authority tried to stop those who wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Observation ·
Podcast: Tevi Troy on How Republican Administrations Argue about Israel
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Tevi TroyCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
Podcast: Micah Goodman on What He’s Learned about Israel in the Past Year-and-a-Half
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Micah GoodmanCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
Israel’s Second War of Independence
By Michael OrenCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
The Long Postbiblical History of “Judea and Samaria”
By PhilologosCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
Status Quoism Is a Temperament, Not an Ideology
By Rafi DeMoggeI would like to thank Evelyn Gordon, Robert Satloff, and Calev Ben-Dor for their thoughtful and perceptive responses to my essay on the diplomatic costs of Israeli territorial concessions. Below, I’ll...
Response ·
Why Some Western Liberals Love Palestinian Terror
By Calev Ben-DorIsrael must avoid both rash territorial concessions and the dangers of a binational state.
Response ·
Why Israel Should Keep Open the Possibility of Palestinian Statehood
By Robert Satloff“Clever” is an appropriate term for the counterintuitive essay titled “To Save Itself from International Isolation, Israel Must Hold On to the West Bank.” An argument that rejects solutions to the Isr...
Response ·
Israeli Territorial Concessions Worsen Anti-Semitism in the West
By Evelyn GordonI was delighted to read Rafi DeMogge’s essay arguing that territorial withdrawals harm rather than help Israel’s international image, since I have been making this argument for over fifteen years, mos...
Response ·
Unless Israel Rejects Postmodern Strategy, It Won’t Be Able to Win
By Ran BaratzFirst, I want to thank the respondents for their replies to my essay on the postmodern military. I have learned from all of them, both here and in their other writings. I believe we largely agree on t...
Observation ·
Why the Accusation of Settler Colonialism Is So Hollow
By PhilologosCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
To Save Itself from International Isolation, Israel Must Hold On to the West Bank
By Rafi DeMoggeThe diplomatic case against territorial concessions.
Observation ·
Podcast: Amit Segal on Israel’s 60-Year-Old Prisoner Dilemma
By Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Response ·
The Classic Art of War Requires Integrating All Elements of Power
By H.R. McMasterIn Ran Baratz’s essay “What’s Wrong with the Postmodern Military” and Victor Davis Hanson’s response, titled “What We Have Forgotten About War,” the authors lament the disease of strategic incompetenc...
Response ·
The IDF’s High-Tech Investments Paid Off, but They Came at a High Cost
By Edward LuttwakI only reached the rank of lance corporal in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire light infantry and my British army combat experience was limited to the trivial North Borneo campaign. In Israel I only...
Response ·
What We Have Forgotten About War
By Victor Davis HansonRan Baratz’s sharp critique of Israeli retaliatory action following October 7, coupled with incisive and constructive correctives, is a shared worry outside of Israel. Why, he asks, was the IDF surp...
Observation ·
Going to School in a Shattered Druze Community
By William F.S. MilesCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
What’s Wrong with the Postmodern Military?
By Ran BaratzAfter fifteen months of war, and brilliant Israeli operations, Hamas and Hizballah have managed to avoid total defeat, and the IDF has not yet managed to secure total victory.
Observation ·
Podcast: Our Favorite Conversations of 2024
By Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
