Rethinking Gidon Ben-Zvi’s views
May 27, 2019 by Robert Goot
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J-Wire published an article by Gidon Ben-Zvi’s article “Rethinking restitutions: a case for Jewish dignity” the contents of which were challenged by the Claims Conference. Robert Goot sets the record straight. Read more
Jewish Halloween: On Dressing in Drag in the Holy Land…writes Gidon Ben-Zvi
March 10, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Should you suddenly find yourself surrounded by a bunch of young girls dressed up like Catwoman during the month of March, you may well have stumbled into a Purim street party. Read more
Now What? UN Votes to Expel 400,000 Jews…writes Gidon Ben-Zvi
December 26, 2016 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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The United Nations Security Council vote regarding Israeli settlements, made possible to by the Obama administration’s historic decision to abstain, has effectively nullified the Oslo Accords that had been based on the concept of bilateral negotiations between Jerusalem and Ramallah. Read more
Bibi’s Game: Talk Tough on Iran, Pass The White House, Collect $5 Billion…writes Gidon BenZvi
November 12, 2015 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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According to several reports, Israel wants $5 billion per year in military aid for the next 10 years. Jerusalem has been signaling that it wants more money to counter threats it says will arise as a result of the international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Read more
On Jewish powerlessness
April 18, 2024 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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While Israel’s military brass and political leadership dither about whether and how the country responds to Iran’s attack, the Israeli public has seemingly made up its mind. Read more
A soldier’s tale: The parakeet in the abandoned school on the Gaza border
December 21, 2023 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Sderot is located less than a mile from the Gaza Strip. Some ninety per cent of the town’s 30,000 residents fled on October 7 after Hamas invaded southern Israel. Read more
Wrath of God II: To win, Israel must assassinate Hamas leaders everywhere
December 17, 2023 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Israel’s military achievements against Hamas are impressive. As part of its campaign to destroy the terrorist group, Israel has reportedly struck over 22,000 targets in the Gaza Strip and has killed some 7,000 fighters since the war broke out. Read more
Becoming Israeli again
November 24, 2023 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Before October 7, living in Israel could leave you battered, bruised, and needing a stiff drink. Read more
Never again is now: Why Jews must take back the Holocaust
November 9, 2023 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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As Jewish communities gather to mark Kristallnacht (‘Night of Broken Glass’), the 1938 pogrom across Nazi Germany that many consider to be the start of the Holocaust, ‘never again’ is resounding. Read more
Dark laughter: How Israelis are using humour in a time of war
November 2, 2023 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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“They’re cockroaches. Instead of Iron Dome we need a big Iron Shoe to stomp out every one of them,” the mild-mannered pediatrician grinned at me after he had examined my daughter’s ailing foot. “Give her Nurofen for three days after meals. That should do the trick.” Read more
Image is nothing, moral clarity is everything
October 27, 2023 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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It is the most natural human reaction after someone experiences trauma, loss, and heartache to reach out, to want love, sympathy, warmth, and comfort from friends, family – even strangers. We all need people to reassure us that they feel our pain and that they care about us. Read more
Fiction: The Ido
May 25, 2020 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Let me tell you about a different kind of hotel no tell. The Ido, pronounced e-DOH, in downtown Jerusalem is a charming nook that doesn’t pop up on any hotel review website or generate any buzz, on or offline. Read more
The unbearable cost of a unity government
September 26, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Ever since Israel’s snap election drew to a close on September 17 the country’s chattering class has ginned up its campaign to convince Israelis that what they really want is a national unity government. Read more
Are International Human Rights stifling people’s freedom?
September 13, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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What’s striking about the international community’s reaction to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent pledge to apply sovereignty to Jewish communities in the West Bank and the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to revoke the autonomy of Indian-administered Kashmir is the sound of crickets. Read more
The Curious Case of Israel’s Invisible Election
September 6, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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With the great election redo of 2019 less than two weeks away Israelis across the political spectrum are meeting up in living rooms, pubs and coffee shops around the country to discuss the great issues of the day…not. Read more
Israel announces August BDS Ambition Tour (one true satire)
August 22, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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In response to the furore unleashed by the Israeli government’s decision to block entry to two U.S. congresswomen, a hastily produced tour of the Jewish state has been announced. Read more
AOC, his name was Dvir Sorek
August 14, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Freshman U.S.Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently revealed her true feelings about Israel. During a radio interview, AOC concurred wholeheartedly with the program’s host that “…what’s going on with Israel and Palestine…is very, very, criminal, and it is very, very unjust.” Read more
Gay Conversion Therapy: should some thoughts be a fireable offence?
July 18, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Israeli Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz’s recent comments about gay conversion therapy have unleashed a firestorm. Read more
Israeli helicopter parents send instructions
July 14, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Dear Sheila,
How’s Melbourne? The girls can’t wait to spend a whole two weeks with you. I receive daily updates about all they’ll be seeing and doing during their upcoming August adventure. Read more
Tolerance Museums: A Failing Franchise?
June 28, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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The monumental US$250-million building for the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem (MOTJ) is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. Read more
Raging at Rabbis: When rights collide in Jerusalem
June 21, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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This week, the Jerusalem municipality authorized the naming of five alleyways and narrow streets within the Baten Al-Hawa neighbourhood of Silwan after rabbis. Read more
Obi-Wan Kenobi’s guide to an evaporating Israeli government
May 30, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.”
– Obi-Wan Kenobi, referring to the lawless desert planet of Tatooine (Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) Read more
Why apologize? The danger of driving antisemitism underground
May 17, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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The Harvard Lampoon student-run magazine recently published a photoshopped image of Anne Frank’s face on the body of a woman wearing a bikini. Read more
Who are the Palestinians in Gaza protesting against?
May 9, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar has unleashed a firestorm of controversy for empathizing with the plight of an oppressed people. Read more
Top 10 Plagues of Passover 2019: A father’s journey into and out of Egypt
May 3, 2019 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Passover. The Jewish holiday of freedom. You know the story of how the Israelites, led by that beau hunk Moses, threw off the shackles of bondage, faced off with Pharaoh, unleashed 10 plagues on Egypt and were finally allowed to return to Las Vegas…I mean the Promised Land. Read more
Israel: Confronting Fake News, One Camera at a Time
June 22, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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While today’s widespread use of the term fake news can be traced to Donald Trump’s first press conference as President-elect, Israel has long had to grapple with the phenomenon of media outlets bending the truth for political gain. Read more
Job to the left of me, crazy girls to my right: Israel Festival blends artistic lines
June 2, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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The Israel Festival, taking place from June 1st to June 18th, 2017, is a sensory delight..writes Gidon Ben-Zvi. Read more
Schizophrenic: An American Zionist in Israel
May 25, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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The Jewish Agency, Nefesh B’Nefesh, Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and other organisations charged with convincing world Jewry that its destiny is intertwined with that of Israel fail to mention, on their glossy websites and in their slick public relations toolkits, the single greatest sacrifice one makes when embarking on an open-ended Zionist adventure: cultural DNA…writes Gidon Ben-Zvi. Read more
Israel’s First World Problems: On Aerosmith and security prisoners
May 18, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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Israel’s much touted economic miracle, given official sanction when the country joined the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2010, has brought with it a slew of first world injuries…writes Gidon Ben-Zvi. Read more
Art of the Deal: Is Trump’s Bestseller the Secret to Peace in the Middle East?
May 11, 2017 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
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