Many major developments that are not necessarily totally harmonious come together to form “the history of American-Israeli relations.” From the very start, in May 1948, Secretary of State George Marshall opposed recognizing the nascent Jewish state, and there was a lot of talk about a split within…

There is a myth called "absolute security;" it is a myth because it was not possible in the past and will not be possible in the future. However, we know that, despite this, many myths in history became ideas and intellectual systems that govern nations and peoples, or inspired the establishment of…

Putting to one side the catchy, upbeat rhetoric about “shaking the ground under the feet of the Zionists,” “undermining the foundations of occupation” and so on, Iran’s response to the consulate strike can be interpreted in one of two ways: * One is that this was a military failure. The attack…

It is perhaps acceptable, during national wars, to calibrate cultural life to wartime necessities. Accordingly - and only as an exception and for a limited period of time - some expressions seen to potentially benefit the side fighting the nation and its people could be banned. However, it is…

Last Sunday (7/4) the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz” published an investigative report by Judy Maltz, the newspaper's Jewish World correspondent, entitled "Six Months On: How October 7 and the Gaza War Transformed Jews Across the Globe." It traces how these two major events have reflected on the lives…

Those with an easy consciousness draw inspiration from the soldier or fighter. Like him, they are a single, cohesive piece with no curves. They live in their trench and know what they are targeting: the enemy standing before them. Thus, when they think, they are either waging a battle or resuming a…

There is a story (that is not universally accepted) of a cheeky exchange between Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Prime Minister of China, Zhou Enlai, during the Bandung Conference in 1955 in which the "Non-Aligned Movement" was founded. The latter, who was the most sensible diplomatic figure of the…

Every student of political science knows that politics, whether we call it a science or an art, is about the state: it revolves around state affairs and examines its possibilities, weaknesses, and strengths, as well as proposing alternatives when conditions deteriorate, or thinking about how to…

As some voices call on Hezbollah and Hamas to become more open to criticism, increasing numbers are demanding that no criticism be made of either groups while they fight Israel in Gaza and Lebanon. Faced with such an appeal, one would assume that one of two things has happened: ● Either the…

One of the "ingenious innovations" of the Russian Civil War that broke out following the 1917 October Revolution, was the establishment of "blocking units," communist forces positioned behind the soldiers fighting on the front lines. As for their task, it was to shoot the soldiers fleeing battle…