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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

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Khalil’s ‘Non-Sovereign’ Jew

In a recent interview published in Haaretz, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil stated that the Jewish people are “part of the land.” At first...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Beyond Groupthink: Strategic Blindness

Why Israel’s failures are not informational—but psychological A recent excellent essay on groupthink by Emanuel Shahaf offers a clear and valuable...

05.04.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

When “You’ll Be 80” Becomes a Clinical Answer

At the end of a recent appointment at Ichilov, after an EMG for a lumbar issue at L4–L5, I asked a straightforward question: What can be done? The...

01.04.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

After Survival: Somaliland

There are moments in the life of a political community when the narrative that sustained it begins, quietly, to shift. What once functioned as a...

31.03.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Bonding, Violence and the Origins of Human Cruelty

I was invited to contribute this essay to the winter edition of the U.S. Alliance to End the Hitting of Children’s newsletter. Violence toward...

29.03.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

From Psychoanalysis to Quantum Intelligence

Screenshot of the book cover on Quantum Intelligence by Prof. Dr. Ramazan Biçer and Dr. Eda Alemdar. Kuantum İstihbarat 2071 (“Quantum...

27.03.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Why Israeli Patients Carry Their Own Medical Files

10.02.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin