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Ofer Chen

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

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An Urgent Call to American Jews

There are moments in history when silence is not prudence but abdication. There are moments when standing on the sidelines is not moderation but a...

04.06.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ofer Chen

The Mirror of Stéphane Hessel

There are certain critics whose voices Israeli society finds particularly difficult to confront. It is easy to dismiss harsh criticism as ignorance or...

30.05.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ofer Chen

Stranger in My Own Country

For many of my friends in the United States, Israel has become an increasingly contested subject. Some see it as a democratic society struggling to...

21.05.2026 40

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Ofer Chen

The Mirage of Victory

Some wars are lost on the battlefield. Others are lost before they even begin. The current conflict with Iran belongs to the latter. Not because of...

23.03.2026 70

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Ofer Chen

The Impossible Victory

The current war has become a stark symbol of the Israeli tragedy: while soldiers on the front lines, pilots in the sky, and civilians on the home...

13.03.2026 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ofer Chen

Gavin Newsom’s Pivot and Netanyahu’s Failed Gamble

The war currently waged by Israel and the United States against Iran appears, at first glance, to testify to a deep and strategic alliance between the...

05.03.2026 60

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Ofer Chen

The Moral Language of War – and What It Hides

In his poem The War to Come, published on the eve of World War II, Bertolt Brecht offered an unsettling insight into the nature of modern warfare....

01.03.2026 70

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Ofer Chen

Netanyahu, Israel’s Government, and the Rise in Antisemitism

Since October 7, 2023, antisemitism has risen sharply and in well-documented ways around the world. From university campuses in the United States to...

26.02.2026 100

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Ofer Chen

Aharon Barak and Israel’s Democratic Crisis

Aharon Barak – a world-renowned legal scholar, a fearless Attorney General who fought public corruption, and a groundbreaking Supreme Court justice...

23.02.2026 100

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ofer Chen

Democracy in Retreat

On January 4, 2023, Israel’s Minister of Justice convened a press conference to announce the launch of a ‘governance reform’. The plan was...

17.02.2026 80

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ofer Chen

The Hypocrisy of Hypocrisy

13.02.2026 70

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Ofer Chen

Public Responsibility is a Moral Stance

09.02.2026 60

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Ofer Chen

The Great Delusion

02.02.2026 60

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Ofer Chen

Netanyahu and the Rise of Neo-Kahanism

28.01.2026 100

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Ofer Chen

The Architecture of Division

26.01.2026 90

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ofer Chen