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Israeli authors decode war

סיור לתקשורת בקיבוץ בארי מטעם מטה החטופים

One tree from Kibbutz Be'eri

Opinion: No words can describe the horror the sleepy farming community endured on October 7, but one tree bore witness

Orian Chaplin | 13:27 | 05.11.24

When the war started

Opinion: We tried to shield our daughter from the news; when she overheard us talking about hostages in Gaza, wondering if they'd be kept alive, I said yes, hoping it true; she didn't believe me; clever girl

Mayan Rogel | 10:05 | 04.29.24

Iron Dome missile defense launched to intercept rocket fire from Gaza

Beyond the books: the practical lessons October 7 taught me

Opinion: While some see Israel as a colonizer displacing Palestinians, in fact, Hamas, funded by Iran, uses terrorism to pursue its agenda, effectively colonizing through violence

Omri Horesh | 10:19 | 04.23.24

Almost six months ago

Since October 7, innocence has become privilege, happiness is privilege, simplicity is privilege; all this is taken from those who wait for their loved ones to come back and those who know that their loved ones will never come back

Lee Maman | 17:45 | 03.16.24

I worry about a cat more than the hunger in Gaza

Opinion: October 7 war took away from me - not because of me, but because of them - this thing that we're all born with: general compassion, not the one directed at specific individuals, but just compassion for living beings wherever they are

Raanan Shaked | 18:46 | 02.20.24

These are NOT freedom fighters: Hamas endangers you too

If you think this only happens in this faraway land of Israel, know this: As long as there is Hamas - Your children are not safe in their beds tonight. Israeli author Sarit Flein is asking the citizens of the Western world to understand that no one is safe

Sarit Flein | 04:02 | 02.18.24

The case against Israel in the Hague is the ultimate blood libel

Opinion: The only difference between the pogroms that preceded the Holocaust and the October 7 massacre is that now we have a state, we have an army and we have the ability, the right and the obligation to protect ourselves and our children

Hadar Galron | 19:52 | 01.30.24

Life in Israel during war-time

Wake up in the morning; open my eyes; reach for the phone; log into the news website; go through the names of the casualties; pass eyes over the faces; heart pounds hard; a quick, initial read to make sure there's no one among the casualties that I know; But if there's anything inspiring hope in the last 100 days, it's the rekindled Israeli spirit

Eshkol Nevo | 10:53 | 01.15.24

Shadows of children: Israeli youngsters who returned from Hamas' tunnels

Opinion: Our wildest imagination could not have prepared the care providers and the hospitals to receive 39 children who were who were torn from their cribs and beds and taken to hell, barefoot and half asleep, some alone, some with only one of their parents.

Anat Lev Adler | 02:15 | 12.22.23

Your prisoner is only a baby: a letter to the jailer

Opinion: 'I have to believe you are taking care of this child like Pharaoh’s daughter, like the mother that you are. I have to believe that you lean over him, allowing him to curl in your lap, that you spend hours with him in that dug-in room, hugging his tiny body to yours,' Sagit Emmet writes to the jailer of the six-month-old baby, Kfir Bibs

Sagit Emmet | 14:52 | 12.20.23

Writing the untold when you can't find the words

What do you write when the qualities that were so prevalent in your writing no longer serve you? What do you write when you no longer believe anything or anyone? Israeli author Tamar Merin is asking herself what form should Israeli prose fiction take after this war

Tamar Merin | 04:02 | 12.10.23

The danger in how the world sees Hamas

Opinion: Israelis have been watching with dismay at the inability of the liberal world to see the complexity of our region; Israel and the Palestinians are looked upon from a binary point of view

Edna Shemesh | 20:41 | 11.24.23

בריטניה תמונה ש פרסמה המשטרה של מבוקשת על הסתה מ הפגנה פרו פלסטינית ב לונדון

If you speak the language of life, you must look reality in the eye

'You who belittle the dimensions of horror we’ve been through. I urge you not to look the other way. Be brave enough, honest enough, human enough, to acknowledge the fact that every line has been crossed.' Israeli author Ofir Touche Gafla wants you to understand that if it happened here, it can happen everywhere

Ofir Touche Gafla | 02:24 | 11.19.23

Beyond politics or a fight for rights: Hamas' toxic masculinity and crimes against humanity

'As a feminist and as a peace activist, I still understand that sometimes in order to promote peace, justice and equality you must willing to go to war and win it not only for yourself but for the future of the free world' | Dr. Shlomit Aharoni Lir is asking the international community to acknowledge the Palestinians' responsibility for their situation

Shlomit Aharoni Lir | 03:42 | 11.12.23

Greta, Hamas isn't a progressive organization to blindly support

'Imagine that your loved ones are locked in a protected room while terrorists burn them alive. Taking Hamas' side in the massacre is a crime in itself' | Esty Hayim, Israeli author, calls on the world to inspect and see beyond the superficial and erroneous

Esty G. Hayim | 10:55 | 11.11.23

Friends are asking you, How are you? What do you say?

'Someone is at your home. He is here to rape your wife and daughter and then kill them while you are watching. Would you keep your eyes open? You can hide your babies in the closet. Would you leave them there alone?' | Idan Greenberg, Israeli author, goes back to that cursed day that will never be forgotten

Idan Greenberg | 04:00 | 11.08.23

Israelis no longer ask how are you, now they ask have you seen it?

Opinion: For us, the raw footage is anything but a sealed event fixed in time and space; it is our permanent present, and it is also our foreseeable future; the sheer brutality captured and celebrated by Hamas terrorists is what sets this war apart from previous conflict 'cycles'

Jonathan Fine | 22:36 | 11.05.23

Still siding with Hamas? you are either antisemites or idiots, and most probably both

Opinion: 'The right side in the October 7 atrocities is the Israeli one, anyone in their right mind understands that. Decapitation of babies, rape, obduction of children - can't be justified in any context. But this is like talking to a brick wall, absolutely useless. And if no one is listening, why should we?'/ Jonathan Yavin is done explaining

Jonathan Yavin | 04:34 | 11.05.23

Edvard Munch's famous painting 'The Scream'

I feel like the person in 'The Scream' painting

Opinion: There is no escaping the horrifying stories from October 7; We are all screaming like the person in the painting

Ricky Cohen | 13:49 | 10.27.23

כפר עזה לאחר הטבח הרצחני של ארגון הטרור חמאס

War and pogroms: From 2023 to 1903 in just one day

On the morning of October 7th, we lost our trust in our government and leaders. By noon, our self-confidence had waned, and by evening, we had broken our most vital promise to ourselves: never again! author Dorit Silverman tries to describe a national trauma

Dorit Silverman | 02:45 | 10.25.23

סרטון שהופץ לתקשורת הזרה מהטבח הרצחני בעוטף ישראל ב-7.10

To those who look for excuses: there is no 'justification' for beheading children

Opinion: Beheading children, burning families in their own homes, dragging elderly to captivity; there is no 'reason' or 'justification' for that whatsoever; author Yaniv Iczkovits has a clear answer to some journalists who seek to justify these horrific terror attacks

Yaniv Iczkovits | 03:35 | 10.24.23

Do not be fooled: Freedom fighters do not rape, abuse and torture

Opinion: Freedom fighters do not walk from house to house, plucking sleepy children from their beds, abusing them (sometimes sexually) and then shooting them in the head, sometimes while their parents are watching; these are not the war practices of freedom fighters, these are genocidal practices; author Rubi Namdar wants the world to understand

Rubi Namdar | 00:49 | 10.23.23

October 7, 2023, a day that will live in infamy

Opinion: For better or for worse, it is an essential pivot in the geopolitical balance, this is not merely a "terrorist incident" but a declaration of war. A war on all that is human. All that is on the side of life

Noa Menhaim | 09:47 | 10.19.23

הפגנת משפחות החטופים והשבויים כשביידן יגיע ברחוב קפלן, תל אביב

A call: Help release the Israeli captives

Opinion: While Israel and the West do the best they can to release Israeli civilians held in Gaza, residents of Arab countries can help by joining the call

Yishai Sarid | 05:22 | 10.19.23

Hamas assault revealed the uncanny aspects of our existence

Opinion: Israel is in shock and many of us are terrified; We are terrified to witness our deeply held and soul-rooted moral principles disregarded not only by our worst enemies but also, regrettably, by other adversaries

Sami Berdugo | 23:48 | 10.15.23

Hamas' barbaric massacre has nothing to do with struggle for Palestinian rights

Opinion: In the face of unthinkable atrocities, the world must act against Hamas and help us bring the innocent captives back home, for the sake of the continued existence of Israel and for a sense of humanity, wherever it may be found

Snunit Liss | 11:28 | 10.14.23

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