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Uri Misgav

Uri Misgav

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The Sacrificing of the Hostages Is a Crime Against Israeliness and Judaism

The abandonment of the hostages to a fate – dying of torture, in agony – is a strategic event in the country's history. It undermines Israel's...

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This Passover, There Is No Freedom, Only Defeat on Every Front

This is the saddest Passover I can remember.

24.04.2024 20

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Israel's Last Gatekeeper Must Have the Courage to Probe Netanyahu's Tycoon Ties

Dear Gali Baharav-Miara, I am turning to you as a last resort. Save us from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Even Al Capone was finally taken down...

21.04.2024 30

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When Iran Fired Missiles at Israel, Netanyahu Was Safe in a Tycoon's Bunker

In early January 2023, days after his new cabinet was sworn in, Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed four goals for the new government: dealing with Iran;...

17.04.2024 40

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Netanyahu and His Generals Assassinated Any Chance of a Hostage Deal

Two decidedly deranged decisions have brought Israel to the very brink of the end of the world as we know it. The assassination of senior officials in...

13.04.2024 20

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Israel Is a Long Way From 'Total Victory' in Gaza. Now It's Our Turn

Half a year has passed since Hamas's invasion of Israel, the massacre of its people and children, the rape of its women, the abduction of its citizens...

04.04.2024 20

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The Netanyahu War Is the Worst in Israel's History

The Netanyahu War is the most unsuccessful in Israel's history. Since October 7 the country's situation has worsened on all fronts. Most of Israel's...

28.03.2024 40

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An SOS to Sane Israelis: Save Us From Netanyahu and His Insane Government

This is an emergency call. Help. The moment of truth has arrived. In fact, it's passed. But now there is a real chance of bringing home the hostages...

22.03.2024 30

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Netanyahu and His Enablers Are Closer Than Ever to Total Victory – Over Israel

A strategic threat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's continued rule emerged on October 7. All his doctrines collapsed. He was paralyzed, in...

15.03.2024 20

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For Netanyahu, the Gaza War Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving

The defendant Benjamin Netanyahu asked the court this week to delay the testimonies of three key prosecution witnesses and to significantly reduce the...

08.03.2024 20

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Israelis Beware: Netanyahu's Path to Tyranny Runs Through the Shin Bet

This is no false alarm. Netanyahu has invaded, occupied, destroyed and looted the State of Israel. If the supporters of good government, its servants...

03.03.2024 50

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More Isolated and Unhinged Than Ever, Israel Is Becoming the North Korea of the Mideast

1. Benjamin Netanyahu is not a prisoner in the hands of Itamar Ben-Gvir, isn't afraid of him and doesn't depend on him. That's a common mistaken...

23.02.2024 50

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Good Guy Gantz Is Narcissistic Netanyahu's Dream Rival

What do we actually want from Benjamin Netanyahu? For him to place his head in the guillotine of his own free will? Voluntarily? People like him don't...

16.02.2024 10

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Netanyahu and His Squad of Cease-fire Refuseniks Have Hostages' Blood on Their Hands

Israel failed completely for four months to release the hostages via military action. It became clear that they aren't waiting in the Entebbe airport...

11.02.2024 50

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Netanyahu's Greatest Victory Is Against the People of Israel

Two main enemies to democratic Israel arose during this past decade: Hamas and Benjamin Netanyahu. On October 7, the commonality of their interests...

04.02.2024 50

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Israel Has Nothing Left to Gain From the War. Stop Sending Our Children to Die in Gaza

Yair Netanyahu returned this week to The Slate, the prestigious apartment compound where he is living it up in Miami. He will not be killed in Khan...

25.01.2024 10

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Israeli Democrats Must Get Ready for the Civil War

In January 2023, a horrible new government came to power. Its leader set for it four goals – security and governance, Iran, the cost of living and...

19.01.2024 20

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Why Do Israelis Accept This Catastrophic Situation?

Hello to the parents of soldiers who are fighting and being wounded and dying in the south and the north. And hello to the families of the hostages...

12.01.2024 20

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The Road to The Hague Is Paved With Israeli Calls for Genocide of Gazans

No one has any idea what the "day after" picture in Gaza will be. The government and the man who heads it have refused for three months to deal with...

06.01.2024 70

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Sanctifying the Indiscriminate Killing in Gaza Is Israel's Second Defeat

Friends from Kibbutz Or Haner sought to pay a shivah call to Iris Haim, whose son Yotam was one of three hostages shot dead by Israeli soldiers after...

30.12.2023 70

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Netanyahu Was Paralyzed During Hamas' Attack on October 7

In Israel, a conspiracy of silence surrounds Benjamin Netanyahu's paralysis and failure to function on October 7.

22.12.2023 40

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Netanyahu's Silver Platter: Dead and Wounded IDF Soldiers

Did you stifle a tear watching Gal Eisenkot's funeral? Multiply that by 114. That is the number of soldiers who have been killed in the Gaza Strip –...

15.12.2023 50

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If Netanyahu Stays, Israel Will Be Doomed

Two months ago, Hamas stormed the western Negev. This was the foundational historical event of our generation: shock, drama, tragedy, rupture.

07.12.2023 10

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Gantz Saved Netanyahu Yet Again, It Won't Be Forgotten

A little after Avichai Brodetz sat alone on Kaplan Street with a sign that read, “My family is in Gaza,” we made a connection. I asked what he...

01.12.2023 10

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Netanyahu Wants a Never-ending War

On Tuesday a visit was organized for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Elaykim Base, a training base for the forces in the north of the...

25.11.2023 30

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Why Is the Liberal West Against Israel?

To be a democratic liberal in Israel since October 7 is to take a lonely stance. It means fighting on at least four fronts: against barbaric Islamic...

17.11.2023 30

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If We Wait for the End of the War to Oust Netanyahu, the War Won’t End

What did you do this Tuesday, a month after the terrible disaster we experienced? I know what my family and I did throughout the day. We were all...

12.11.2023 40

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Israel, Beware: In War, Nationalist Haredis Are in a State of Ecstasy

Even if Israel wins the existential war that has been imposed on it, it will still face an internal threat that must not be taken lightly: nationalist...

02.11.2023 40

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In His Own Words: This Is Why Netanyahu Must Go

25.10.2023 10

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The Western Left Isn’t Hypocritical, It’s Deranged

The Union of European Football Associations was planning to hold a minute of silence at its games Wednesday, in memory of two Swedish soccer fans who...

20.10.2023 10

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20 Questions for Mr. Netanyahu

Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, since even this week you refrained, as is your wont, from answering questions, here are 20 for you:

13.10.2023 50

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Netanyahu's Government Is Responsible for the ’23 Israel-Gaza Debacle

Many hours into the attack, Israelis kept wondering where the Israel Defense Forces were. The answer: in the West Bank, or at home. Nearly all the...

08.10.2023 20

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Exposing the Methods of Bibi, Sara and the Other Freeloading Jet-setters Running Israel

The current Netanyahu government has been in power for nine months, devastating the country, and along the way also breaking every possible record for...

06.10.2023 20

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In the Struggle Against Netanyahu, Yom Kippur Was a Wake-up Call for Israel's Liberal Camp

Fifty years after Egypt attacked Israel and crossed the Suez Canal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “Hardal” (Zionist Haredim) Falanges...

01.10.2023 30

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Netanyahu Hoards (Another) Gift That Was Intended as National Property

Earlier this month I wrote here about a rare copy of the first-ever Bible printed with Rashi’s commentary, which Vladimir Putin had given Benjamin...

20.09.2023 20

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Does Israel's President Work for Netanyahu?

A thick smokescreen obscures the actions of President Isaac Herzog in the service of Benjamin Netanyahu and the regime coup. It’s time to dispel it.

18.09.2023 40

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On Israel's Dime, the Netanyahus Are in a Hotel While Their Other Three Homes Are Empty

On August 22, the Netanyahu couple moved into the luxury hotel Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem for four days, at the state’s expense. They themselves...

08.09.2023 20

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