A Gazan Explains Why Palestinians Are Risking Their Lives to Protest Hamas
“Hamas’s cruelty over the past eighteen months is merely the culmination of eighteen years of its brutal rule.”
March 31, 2025
The History of the Shin Bet and the Laws That Govern It
Some background to the current controversy.
At the heart of one of Israel’s ongoing political controversies is the cabinet’s decision to dismiss the head of Shin Bet, Ronen Bar. Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters claim that Bar has sought to undermine the prime minister to deflect from his own failure to prevent the October 7 attacks, while Bar claims that the government has no right to fire him while he is investigating wrongdoing by the prime minister and his staff.
March 31, 2025
Iran’s Role in Planning the October 7 Attacks
Captured documents provide details about funding and training.
The History of the Shin Bet and the Laws That Govern It
Some background to the current controversy.
The Origins of “Dayenu” as an Answer to Pharoah
A new theory about the meaning of Passover’s most popular song.
The Unstoppable Cynthia Ozick
In a Yellow Wood.