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Stephen M. FlatowThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
The lines are gone, but America’s vulnerability to global oil shocks hasn’t disappeared—it’s just changed form. There was a time—not so long...
The lesson of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting is not about left or right—but about what happens when we teach Americans to see...
Support with conditions may sound like nuance. In wartime, it risks becoming something else. On the eve of Israel’s 78th Independence Day,...
When US allies fight for survival, Washington shouldn’t be debating whether to tie their hands At a moment when Israel is fighting enemies on...
At Al Sharpton’s annual gathering, political ambition meets a deeper question about standards in public life Each year, the convention of the...
What we once felt—and what we risk losing now I remember the late 1950s not as history, but as atmosphere. The word Sputnik had just entered the...
Time spent in a shelter raises an unsettling question: are we simply at war—or witnessing something larger? As I sat in the shelter of my building...
As wartime restrictions at Ben Gurion Airport forced Israelis to seek escape routes through Jordan and Egypt, those “peace partners” revealed the...
Thirty-one years have passed, and still the anniversary arrives with the same mixture of love, disbelief, and stubborn continuity. Time moves forward,...
I walk the streets of Jerusalem with a smile plastered on my face. It’s not because life in Israel is easy. It isn’t. Sirens interrupt...
An Open Letter to Senator Andy Kim Your March 1st MSNBC op-ed deserves a direct response — not because your concerns about congressional war powers...
The 8:10 AM siren that sounded across Jerusalem this past Shabbat broke the morning with its familiar urgency. A few moments later, the muted thuds of...
The growing weight of sacrifice — and the troubling tone of the national debate. As the newly formed United Nations debated the future of the...
A television debate in 2002 still shapes how I hear calls for “dialogue” with terror groups today. When Rev. Jesse Jackson died, many tributes...