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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

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‘We Need This Blood’

Some Thoughts on The Meaning of Blood in Hamas’s Psychotic Mind Elsewhere I have written about the way Hamas and jihadi terror reduce human beings...

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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Hamas’ Child Brides and The Annihilation of Israel

The Logic of Continuity in Hamas Child marriage in Gaza is often described as a byproduct of poverty or war. That explanation is incomplete. When a...

26.04.2026 60

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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Sahm and Rad‘a: The Language of Control

Sahm (Arrow): سهم Rad‘a (Deterrence): ردع Reading Michael Barak’s recent and oustanding analysis of Hamas’s internal psychological warfare...

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What Minnesota Taught Me about Misreading Iran

In the summer of 1978, before the Iranian Revolution dominated every conversation, I was introduced to the newly appointed chair of the department at...

23.04.2026 50

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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

North Korean Cluster Munitions to Female Succession

The same symbolic and developmental structures that shape the regime’s use of force also limit its capacity to transform from within. [AI...

21.04.2026 30

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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Women, Girls and the Reconstruction of Gaza

Abuse of Women and Girls Under Hamas Rule—and What It Means for Reconstruction Domestic Violence and Political Order: Women, Silence, and Power in...

20.04.2026 40

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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

When Negotiation is Only “As If” – Hamas

A striking observation by an Israeli interlocutor raises a different question: what if Hamas is not operating at the level of articulated, responsive...

19.04.2026 40

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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Rebuilding Gaza Is Not Enough

The Developmental Blind Spot This essay was originally posted on 18.04.26 at nancyharteveltkobrin.substack where an AI translation for Hebrew and...

18.04.2026 40

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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Beyond Mines, Beyond Minds: Iran Has a Developmental Problem

Clifford May’s recent essays, including “The U.S. Military Can Clear Mines, But Not Minds” and his analysis of Iran’s enduring ideological...

16.04.2026 50

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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

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...

08.04.2026 40

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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 60

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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 60

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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 50

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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 60

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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 40

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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin

Why Israeli Patients Carry Their Own Medical Files

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Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin