For Israelis, This October 7 Has Been a Time for Reflection, and Sober Realizations
Israel’s big-picture concerns won’t be solved at the ballot box.
October 8, 2026
Radical anti-Israel groups have stopped being coy about their support for Hamas’s atrocities.
In the past three years, anti-Israel campus organizations like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) have only grown more confident, and more extreme. Despite their flagrantly violent and radical rhetoric, Tal Fortgang writes, neither the universities that host them nor the media that cover them appear interested in taking them seriously or literally.
Israel’s big-picture concerns won’t be solved at the ballot box.
Radical anti-Israel groups have stopped being coy about their support for Hamas’s atrocities.
The kingdom has a huge and well-funded military. Why is it so reluctant to use it?
Thoughts on a new commentary.
And to return to synagogue.
In the past three years, anti-Israel campus organizations like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) have only grown more confident, and more extreme. Despite their flagrantly violent and radical rhetoric, Tal Fortgang writes, neither the universities that host them nor the media that cover them appear interested in taking them seriously or literally.
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