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Apr 28, 2024, 11:49 AM

What are the rights of an exiled people?

A root cause of Israel's struggle for legitimacy, and international support, stems from the widespread perception that Israel is a colonising oppressor and the Palestinians are the colonised oppressed. This flawed dichotomy is the underlying reason why so many mind-numbing...

Apr 22, 2024, 11:25 AM

Shelo Echad Bilvad 2024 – from Oct 7th to Apr 14th

“For not only one has risen up against us to annihilate us, but in every generation they rise up against us to annihilate us” (Passover Haggadah) Asks Likutei Yehuda in the name of the Sfat Emet: why the language, ‘shelo...

Apr 18, 2024, 11:59 AM

President Biden, your transformative next move – words to bring de-escalation, and peace

In the aftermath of Iran's attempted mass missile strike on Israel at the weekend, President Biden is leading efforts to establish deterrence through a new regional security alliance that the Administration hopes could avert the need for further escalation. We...

Apr 16, 2024, 7:10 PM

I was reading Yehuda Katz' moving column and it occurred to me what Israel's most effective retaliatory action could be after the drama of 13-14 April. A massive coordinated direct strike on Iran and on all the Iran proxy countries,...

Apr 15, 2024, 1:21 PM

What does ‘strategic patience’ look like for Israel?

Israel is being called on to exercise 'restraint' by allies that stood up and fought alongside the Jewish State when it mattered. However, the timing of this call is somewhat ironic. Iran has long prided itself on its foreign policy...

Apr 3, 2024, 12:12 PM

An alternate diplomatic statement from Israel

I wasn't the only person suggesting that Israel could have responded to UNSC 2728 a bit differently when I wrote my blog post last week. Without in any way detracting from the necessity to destroy Hamas, or the responsibility of...

Mar 27, 2024, 11:33 AM

The three confusions

The battle versus the war If Israel goes on to defeat Hamas – even if this is the “total victory” that PM Netanyahu promised – but emerges diplomatically isolated, economically decapitated, legally persecuted, culturally ostracized and militarily embargoed, will it...

Mar 25, 2024, 2:16 PM

On my previous article

Chag Purim sameach. I am writing concerning my previous blogpost which has generated considerable discussion. Firstly, I wish to recognise Benji Schleider whose communication helped me organise my thoughts and make some necessary further comments. On a broad point, I want...

Mar 19, 2024, 2:07 PM

In the face of famine in Gaza, our leaders must think differently

Displaced Palestinians collect food donated by a charity before an iftar meal, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, on March 11, 2024. (AFP)

Not to improve Israel's global reputation, not to avoid the accusation of war crimes, but because it is a Jewish precept

Mar 14, 2024, 12:23 AM

‘My stiff-necked people, listen up’ – Episode 1: Charedim in the IDF

It's quite exasperating to see the same arguments, the same dogmatism, the same polarization, the same inability to see things from other people's perspective, the same reluctance to reach consensus on so many of the fundamental issues here in...

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Adam Gross is a strategist that specialises in solving complex problems in the international arena. Adam made aliyah with his family in 2019 to live in northern Israel.

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