HBO’s OUR BOYS & Keshet’s Real Time Kidnapping

Let’s start with the words of Israel’s Prime Minister on Twitter and Facebook: "The propaganda Channel 12 Keshet has produced an antisemitic series called Our Boys." We’ll try to work through the various accusations for what they reveal about Our Boys, their resonance in Israeli society, and their motivation.

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Can anyone say Never Again? Depends what it means…

How are we to prevent further genocides without making comparisons from history? Does “Never Again” mean nothing? And here, it seems, lies the rub. “Never Again” means different things to different people. Meir Kahane, widely credited with popularizing the phrase, meant Never Again to Jews – not Never Again to All. 

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To Be – under threat of annihilation, or defeat?

When the United States sneezes, the whole world catches the flu. While the decision of President Trump to withdraw US troops from Syria has led to political headlines and speculation in DC, it has put many in our area in fear for their lives. How should we respond to a sworn enemy that aims for our annihilation?

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