The Benefits of Chaos in Gaza
None of the existing plans are likely to work.
May 21, 2025
The Benefits of Chaos in Gaza
None of the existing plans are likely to work.
With the IDF engaged in ground maneuvers in both northern and southern Gaza, and a plan about to go into effect next week that would separate more than 100,000 civilians from Hamas’s control, an end to the war may at last be in sight. Yet there seems to be no agreement within Israel, or without, about what should become of the territory. Efraim Inbar assesses the various proposals, from Donald Trump’s plan to remove the population entirely, to the Israeli far-right’s desire to settle the Strip with Jews, to the internationally supported proposal to place Gaza under the control of the Palestinian Authority (PA)—and exposes the fatal flaws of each. He therefore tries to reframe the problem:
May 21, 2025
A Pastor’s Attack on the Jewish State and the Jewish Religion
Christ in the Rubble uses a familiar formula.
Israeli Wine in Wartime
Hizballah missiles destroyed a whole vineyard, while sales fell everywhere.
The Case for the Baby Bonus
And why money might not be enough to reverse the birth dearth.
The Yeshiva That Incubated Modern Hebrew Literature
Volozhin and its gifted alumni.