The sun will rise, we have work to do * Netanyahu’s guilt in Arab-Jewish strife * Hamas’s ’victory’ was a defeat * 30 years since the Ethiopian airlift

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, May 27, 2021 [Rachel Sharansky Danziger]( [The sun will rise and we have work to do]( [I’m not going anywhere. My Arab neighbor and the Arab cab driver and my Arab ob-gyn aren’t either. We are bound to this land, and to each other. And we need to figure this out]( [Flying under rocket fire: A love story]( By [Lisa Starr]( [It was inconceivable that I would fail in my mission to see my terminally ill father. Just before liftoff, the sirens began to blare.]( [Irwin Cotler]( [Gaza: 10 steps on the road not yet traveled]( [Each and every loss of life in Gaza and Israel is a human tragedy. If we want to prevent further tragedies in this conflict -- let alone frame the basis for its resolution -- then we have to go behind the oft-repeated clichés such as "cycle of violence" and false moral equivalences that cloud and corrupt understanding, to probe the real root causes of conflict, and finally travel the road not yet taken to its just resolution. While the deliberate and indiscriminate bombardment of Israeli civilians -- underpinned by genocidal antisemitism...]( [Yael Leibowitz]( [David and Goliath: On the modern state of Israel]( [We are precariously perched among stronger, richer nations sworn to destroy us. So we wield power, and curb it, and worry about our national body and soul]( From the blogs [This world record was set for the world’s best reason: Bringing Jews home]( By [Zack Rothbart]( [30 years ago, 1,088 passengers boarded an El Al plane in an audacious airlift of Ethiopian Jews. By the time they reached Israel, the count ballooned to 1,122]( [Aron Heller]( [Biden backed Israel in Gaza. Now it’s time to return the favor.]( [The US president’s mix of support and restraint enabled Israel to bring the Gaza fighting to an optimal close. Israel must now heed his call to return to peacemaking]( [David Makovsky]( [Why Blinken will have a tough sell]( [The Biden administration cannot solve the conflict today, but it can shrink it by helping both sides take small steps toward a two-state solution]( [Julio Messer]( [Hamas’s so-called victory is a flop by almost every measure]( [While Hamas leaders in Gaza are still afraid to come out in public unless surrounded by a protective shield of civilians, Hamas political bureau head Ismail Haniyeh, in a televised speech from his safe haven in Qatar, claimed "victory" in the latest round of fighting with Israel. " contacts and successes." Conspicuously absent from Haniyeh's bravado was any reference to the number of casualties inflicted by Hamas on Israelis by thousands of rockets and several infiltration attempts, which was no greater than those that might have been caused by ordinary...]( [For God’s sake, Islam and Judaism can make peace]( By [Yakov Nagen]( [The rift can heal with the help of interfaith dialogue anchored in a deep understanding of Islam’s 2 contrasting views on Jews and Judaism]( [Jonathan Rynhold]( [Netanyahu’s responsibility for the Jewish-Arab meltdown in Israel]( [The Prime Minister empowered and emboldened Itamar Ben-Gvir and his racist, thuggish followers, who were key in triggering the inter-communal violence]( [Ofek Meir]( [This is the most Jewish thing about the Jewish State]( [Building a loving and respectful shared society with non-Jewish minorities is an ancient biblical imperative. Today, it is Israel’s most important mission.]( [Oded Revivi]( [The rockets stopped flying. What do we do next?]( [Settlers like me have an alternative to the two-state solution: Let’s start by learning to live with our Palestinian neighbors]( [Meredith Rothbart]( [To the silent majority: Peacebuilding is not a hashtag]( [Peace starts by demanding change. It starts with dedication and commitment, with humanizing the other. And it starts 20 years before it is achieved.]( [Zack Bodner]( [I support Israel because I am progressive]( [To My Children, I know this is a difficult time for you, as it is for all of us who care about Israel. I know you worry about our family in Israel and are frustrated hearing comments from your friends in school and seeing posts on social media one-sidedly blaming Israel for the conflict in biased soundbites. I think you’re doing a remarkable job weathering the daily barrage, but as progressive Jews living in Northern California, I know you struggle with how to express yourself to your friends and share...]( [A rabbi’s accuser wanted me to tell her story. Here’s why it took 20 years.]( By [Gary Rosenblatt]( [My source went public after longstanding sanctions were lifted against the rabbi who committed sexual improprieties. Had he repented enough? She thought not]( Top Ops [Bob Feferman]( [Iran’s deadly agenda for Palestine]( [Until the world grasps the destructive role of Iran in the region, it will keep blaming the wrong parties, and there will be no peace for Israelis and Palestinians]( [Gerard Heumann]( [Rethinking Damascus Gate]( [What if an architectural redesign were enough to bring peace to one of the most dangerous areas of Jerusalem?]( [Erris Langer Klapper]( [5 things that the ceasefire won’t fix]( [Silence wrongly signals that Israel isn’t relevant for American Jewry, but of course it is, and we won’t root out hatred unless we actively stand against it]( [Naomi Chazan]( [New vision for a two-state solution]( [Neither complete separation nor total integration can succeed, but proposals for cooperation are in the works. Then, we’ll need leaders open to new paradigms]( [Stacy Gittleman]( [The not-surprising betrayal of (non-Jewish) progressives]( [To those who come to the aid of the marginalized groups that are victims of hatred, where have you been for the Jews? When are Jews that marginalized group?]( [Jeff Mendelsohn]( [Calls to cut aid to Israel are dangerous and embolden Hamas]( [A small but vocal chorus in Congress have joined in efforts to blame and demonize Israel, undermining its right to defend its citizens from attack]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2021 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved