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Rogel Alpher

Rogel Alpher

Haaretz

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The Killing of Nasrallah Is a Pyrrhic Assassination

Despite its strategic situation being worse than ever, Israeli society's narrative, the story it tells itself and its self-image, have changed deeply...

01.10.2024 50

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Rogel Alpher

Throwing a Ball of Sand at Ben-Gvir Was More a Suicide Attack Than an Assault

What can we learn from the incident involving a ball of wet sand that happened on Tel Aviv's Geula Beach last Friday afternoon? Good question.

09.09.2024 20

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Rogel Alpher

To Israelis, the Hostages in Gaza Are Symbolic Martyrs

Israeli society divides the hostages into two kinds. One kind is the real flesh-and-blood hostages who are going through hell in Gaza. Israeli society...

20.08.2024 40

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Rogel Alpher

We All Saw Israel's Downfall Coming, Yet We're Shocked

It's sad to be a liberal in Israel. It's sad to live here. This is a sad country. Frightening. Exhausting. Demanding. For 10 years, since the Gaza war...

07.08.2024 20

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Rogel Alpher

Yes, Tel Aviv Is More Important Than Other Parts of Israel

There is a reason why Hassan Nasrallah has so far avoided targeting Tel Aviv. There is a reason why Israel only attacked in Yemen after a Houthi drone...

23.07.2024 10

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Rogel Alpher

Like Sheep to the Slaughter, the Israeli Public Marches Towards an Unnecessary War

The discourse in the television studios in the buildup to an all-out war with Hezbollah revolves around what "the public needs to understand."...

27.06.2024 10

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Rogel Alpher

Israeli TV Is Making Us Stupider by the Day

20.06.2024 10

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Rogel Alpher

Israel's New Narrative: War Is Bliss

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and war cabinet member Benny Gantz have differences of opinion with Benjamin Netanyahu, but Israeli society is enveloped...

28.05.2024 80

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Rogel Alpher

Israel's Transport Minister Miri Regev Is Greater Than God to the Haredi Cabinet Members

In the jumble of messages from the WhatsApp group of Transportation Minister Miri Regev's "kitchen cabinet" shown in Part 1 of the report by the...

27.05.2024 50

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Rogel Alpher

Buy Materna, the Israeli Baby Formula With Built-in Fascism

The world of Israeli advertising has undergone an accelerated process of fascistization since October 7. The nationalist and patriotic traits of every...

27.03.2024 40

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Rogel Alpher

Israelis: Take to the Streets, While the Window of Opportunity to Save Democracy Is Open

The situation Israeli society finds itself in today very much necessitates an immediate outpouring of protests; more than it did under the...

08.03.2024 20

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Rogel Alpher

Israeli Society Is Suffering From Versailles Syndrome

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expresses a popular position when he says that Israel "will not surrender to international diktats in the matter of...

22.02.2024 40

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Rogel Alpher

A World United in Despair Over Netanyahu

The entire world is in despair over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (except for the new president of Argentina, Javier Milei, an eccentric populist...

14.02.2024 10

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Rogel Alpher

Israelis and Their Leaders Refuse to Pay the Price of a Hostage Deal

There won't be a hostage deal. There will be a desire. There will be yearning. It's in the DNA of Israeli Jews. It's part of the myth of the creation...

17.01.2024 20

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Rogel Alpher

Netanyahu's Coup Hasn't Disappeared Since Oct. 7, It Hides Behind a Call for Unity

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial coup has changed its shape, but it hasn't disappeared. The thought that it had disappeared, that it was...

01.01.2024 40

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Rogel Alpher

The Soldiers That Die in Gaza Are 'Truly' Dead

This isn't just a column about bereavement. It's a column about the laws of nature. Unfortunately, Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg, the commander of the...

27.12.2023 30

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