Middle East Experience

"I often ask myself if there was more I could have done that day."
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Former PM Bennett calls for state October 7 probe in emotional post on X

The announcement came during an aid conference organized by France to support Lebanon and its civilian population affected by the ongoing Israeli war.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Mikati says Lebanon ready to deploy 8,000 troops to border if Israel cease-fire reached

Israelis looked around and found much outside of Israel they could laugh about. 
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: We will laugh again: How Israel got funny again during war with Hamas, Hezbollah

With Hamas and Israel holding firm and the US election less than two weeks away, a cease-fire deal still appears far from reach.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel, Hamas in wait-and-see mode ahead of US election

The countries participating at the Paris conference for Lebanon pledged $800 million in humanitarian aid and $200 million for the Lebanese armed forces.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Paris conference for Lebanon secures B in humanitarian, military aid

Cooperation ranged from prohibiting the channel from criticizing the terrorist organization to concealing incidents of failed launches and even establishing a secure communication line.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Failed rocket launches and secure lines: IDF further implicates Hamas, Al Jazeera's connections

Rescuers in central Gaza said an Israeli strike on Thursday killed at least 17 people at a school-turned-shelter, where the Israeli military said it had targeted Hamas militants.Al-Shuhada school in Nuseirat refugee camp, where Hamas authorities said displaced Palestinians had sought refuge, was the latest target in a series of attacks on similar facilities across the Gaza Strip in recent months.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza rescuers say 17 killed, dozens wounded in Israel strike on school

How did hasbara contribute to this monumental failure to address the uninterested and uninformed?
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: What’s wrong with Israel’s ‘hasbara’?

While there are no official numbers, Veterans and PTSD survivors have testified about their experiences before the Knesset to little avail.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israeli soldiers returning from war struggle with trauma and suicide

Across the Jewish world, particularly in North America, there’s a wave of “October 8th Jews” who are rediscovering their Jewish identity in the aftermath of the October 7 attack.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Editor's Notes: The surge of October 8 Jews and the new wave of Jewish reconnection