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Moshe Pitchon

Moshe Pitchon

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

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When We Start the Story in the Middle, We Misunderstand the Threat

When We Start the Story in the Middle, We Misunderstand the Threat

In a 2022 televised interview, Naftali Bennett, then Prime Minister of Israel, challenged his interviewer, Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief...

wednesday 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe pitchon

History is intelligible only in retrospect

Looking backward, events appear almost inevitable. Causes line up neatly, consequences seem logically connected, and historians can draw arrows from...

12.03.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe pitchon

Why Argentina Is the Outlier in the World’s Reaction to Iran

When the United States and Israel struck Iranian targets, much of the world reacted with caution or criticism. Governments across Latin America called...

06.03.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe pitchon

How Israel Changed the World (Again)

The first time the Jewish people changed the world, they did it without an army, without a state, without territory. They did it with a book. The...

03.03.2026 10

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe pitchon

Of Course, She Was Jewish — But What Kind of a Jew Was Esther?

The Book of Esther asks a question that Jewish life continues to avoid. Of course, Esther was Jewish. The text tells us so. Mordechai, her cousin and...

26.02.2026 20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe pitchon