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Why We Shouldn’t Trust ‘the Facts’ Coming Out of Gaza
Abdalla al-Jamal was a ‘journalist.’ He was also guarding hostages for Hamas.
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Eli Lake
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When Hostages Come Home
I was at the beach in Tel Aviv when the lifeguard broke the news. We cheered and wept for the liberation of strangers that feel like family.
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Jessica Kasmer-Jacobs
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Matti Friedman: The Real War in the Middle East Comes into Focus
Like a flash going off in a dark room, Iran’s attack on Israel has finally given the world something valuable: a glimpse into Tehran’s true intentions.
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Matti Friedman
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Bari Weiss: The Holiday from History Is Over
A free society is only as strong as the citizens willing to defend it. Reflections and videos from my time on the ground in Israel.
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Bari Weiss
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Matti Friedman: The Song of the Israel-Hamas War
In a deserted border town, I listened to the reigning genius of Israeli pop blast his songs toward Gaza.
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Matti Friedman
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The Free Press in Israel: A Special Limited Series
You can’t cover a country at war over Zoom. So we went. And now we’re bringing the stories back to you on Honestly.
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Candace Mittel Kahn
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Who Should Run Gaza After the War?
Palestinians—and the world—need better Palestinian leadership. Here’s how we get it.
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Douglas J. Feith
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Matti Friedman: What If the Real War in Israel Hasn’t Even Started?
Take the current war with Hamas and multiply it by ten. That’s what war with Hezbollah would look like. And Israelis are not asking if it will begin…
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Matti Friedman
66
‘Antisemitism Is Again Becoming a Terrible Scourge’
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan talks to The Free Press about the importance of bearing witness.
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Frannie Block
17
NYU Professor Tells Students of Hamas Atrocities: ‘We Know It’s Not True’
Plus: U.S. troops know we’re already at war with Iran. And a deeper dive on high school library censorship.
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Oliver Wiseman
360
Free Press Investigations Get Results
DEI in retreat. A captured imam is freed. An anti-Israel map is taken down. Plus, Carole Hooven on leaving Harvard, a hostage speaks, and more.
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Oliver Wiseman
227
One Hundred Days of War
Reflections from Bari Weiss, Michael Oren, Shadi Hamid, Einat Wilf, Bruno Maçães, Haviv Rettig Gur, Andrew Sullivan, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, and more.
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Bari Weiss
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Oliver Wiseman
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